A course to improve the qualifications of prospective teachers is described. Its success has encouraged educators to seek to develop other courses along similar lines. (CK)

The Super Saturday program, an extra school program at Purdue University providing minicourses at a fast pace for gifted children in grades 1 through 12, has been judged positively by parents, teachers, and students. (CL)

Describes the study skills center at California State University, San Diego, which has achieved considerable success in improving students' basic writing skills by offering a set of minicourses in cooperation with the English and business departments. (FL)

Groups of 30 students each in an algebra minicourse and semester course and 45 each in an accounting minicourse and semester course showed no significant differences in course grade point average or overall average. Students choosing the intensive minicourse format were generally older, indicating that adults find this format more useful and…

This article outlines a graduate-level, one-time-only family therapy course that prepares counseling trainees to be competent at entry-level family therapy in the United States. The approach outlined addresses the training concerns of programs that significantly emphasize individual-focused paradigms and that have limited time to train counseling…

Describes a mini-educational program at Montana State University (MSU) designed to encourage adult women to enter or return to higher education. The program was a joint effort between MSU and the local branch of the American Association of University Women. Presents the results, lessons learned, and areas for further work. (Contains 12…

Although the notion of teaching literature in an intensive weekend format may present numerous problems to be solved by the instructor, it can be a format that results in considerable success. It is conducive to the schedules of many students who work during the week, and weekend literature courses have proven to be popular. Intensive weekend…

Based on a collaboration between an instructor and an undergraduate student for two different documentation projects, this paper discusses the difference between the language systems of writers and supervisors designing or choosing training materials and documentation and what the research says about the real needs for the documentation. The paper…

Part of a minicourse on industrial relations, this simulation involves the entire class in competitive bargaining for a government contract. (KM)

The article discusses how the increasing specificity of the design of a person's work in business will permit more effective educational preparation. (Author)