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Wolff, Leanne O. – 1986
The interpersonal communication course at an Ohio college is based on several assumptions about the nature of interpersonal communication. First, the course should emphasize both the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the communicative behavior appropriate in a given situation (cognitive domain) and the performance necessary for communication…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Seniors, Communication Skills, Core Curriculum
Wilson, Lizabeth A. – 1985
This paper opens with a brief description of three administrative options for implementing bibliographic instruction programs for college level students: (1) composition instructors teach their students research methods without working with librarians; (2) librarians offer separate library skills courses to the general student body; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Library Administration
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1986
Developed to form the basis for a state-wide public school student assessment program, this manual outlines course performance standards based upon intended outcomes in language arts courses which are part of the state-adopted curriculum frameworks, grades 9 through 12. The standards are for courses in English skills, English, and English honors…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Educational Objectives, English Instruction, Language Arts
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Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
Descriptions of 155 programs supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education are provided. In addition to a brief statement of the scope of each program, the project director, address, and phone number are identified. Topics addressed by the programs include: ensuring adequate math preparation for college work through…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Federal Aid
Gratch, Bonnie; York, Charlene – 1985
In Fall 1984, the Library User Education (LUE) coordinator of Jerome Library at Bowling Green State University introduced a library research skills component to a writing course required of all undergraduate students. The component consisted of two parts: a self-guided tour with questions, and basic library research skills guides with worksheets…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College English, Higher Education, Library Facilities
Budig, Jeanne E. – 1982
An institution's innovative plan for staff utilization, which represented a forced coalition between the offices for institutional research and university advancement, is described. Funding cuts eliminated staff in both of these offices. An institutional research/planning staff team (team A) identified current skills and resources and determined…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Planning, Financial Support
Diener, Thomas; Owens, Otis Holloway – 1982
A federally funded project at the University of Alabama, Project Growth, was developed in response to the need for more participation by women and minorities in educational research and leadership. The project emphasizes both professional and personal growth experiences, with broad exposure to a variety of research topics. A comprehensive,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Opportunities, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Diener, Thomas; Owens, Otis Holloway – 1981
This four-part report describes a federally funded program at the University of Alabama which provided postgraduate personal and professional development activities to women and minority group scholars. The goals of Project Growth are described: (1) to provide opportunities for advanced study and research of significant educational problems; (2)…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Opportunities, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Schurter, William J. – 1977
This guide for writing research or technical reports discusses eleven basic elements of such reports and provides examples of "good" and "bad" wordings. These elements are the title, problem statement, purpose statement, need statement, hypothesis, assumptions, procedures, limitations, terminology, conclusion and recommendations. This guide is…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Guidelines, Guides, Research
Lalonde, Jean Cothary – 1972
This program includes an extensive series of learning activities designed to improve students' skills in many areas of English, including expository and creative writing, literature appreciation, vocabulary, listening and speaking, research, and reading. Each activity sheet indicates the subject of the activity, its classification, the number of…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Group Activities, High Schools, Independent Study
Cornejo, Ricardo J.; Rodriguez, Ana Maria – 1982
Project ASSERT, an experimental project conducted at San Diego State University (California), was designed to prepare, demonstrate, and disseminate strategies to increase the participation of women and minorities in education research. The program trained faculty researchers in advanced research methodologies and provided practitioners with…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Morrison, Betty Mae; And Others – 1980
The primary purpose of the Joint Hampton-Michigan program was to train 15 post-doctoral minority and women faculty members from the Hampton Institute (Virginia) and the University of Michigan in educational research skills. A secondary purpose was to investigate the effectiveness of several models through which the researchers were trained. The…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, College Faculty, Doctoral Programs, Educational Researchers
AFS International/Intercultural Programs, Inc., New York, NY. – 1980
This monograph provides a description of the teaching methods and goals of the "Assessment of Neighborhood/Transnational Human Relations through Original Studies" (ANTHROS) project. ANTHROS is a team-effort community discovery project for young people between the ages of 15 and 20. Its aim is to increase knowledge of the international links of…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Relations, Community Study, Discovery Learning
Trotsky, Ivan – 1978
The extent to which research training is needed by Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduates at the University of Oklahoma, Advanced Programs, was investigated through the administration of a questionnaire to 38 August 1977 MPA degree recipients. The questionnaire contained 13 questions concerning where the student took most of his courses;…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Graduate Study, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
National Conference on Research in English. – 1961
The articles comprising this bulletin report the status of research methods in the English language arts and indicate promising directions for further effort. Ralph C. Staiger discusses the range of language arts research and points out the strengths and weaknesses of various research techniques. Theodore Clymer examines the essential…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Research, English Instruction, Language Arts
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