Argues that a social and support services network must be conjoined with Indochinese ESL programs to facilitate language training and overall resettlement. Survival, prevocational, and occupation-related language goals of the refugees must be addressed if they are to remain effectively involved in ESL programs. (EKN)

The specific communication tasks required of "middle level" or vocational-technical employees are reviewed. Guidelines for planning a technical communication course to meet those tasks are recommended. (HTH)

Discusses problems encountered in developing and teaching a course on Stuart and Tudor Drama, some of the teaching methods employed, and ideas for improving the effectiveness of the course. (JMF)

In two environmental sciences courses for business students, observations were made of student reactions to concept presentation and instructional organization. Most trainees successfully learned to apply two of three knowledge types (theoretical, procedural, practical) to primary concepts. (SK)

Defines "course of study" as a statement of work and course goals and suggests the need to follow a consistent format in developing courses of study for community colleges. Reviews divergent points of view and offers a format for developing courses. (JOW)

Complex interactions between the environment and business make the inclusion of environmental issues in collegiate business programs desirable. Describes the organization and content of an undergraduate course that enables students to observe a business from an environmental perspective and focus on the changes needed in all areas of business…

Presents and discusses a course outline for a high school playwriting course (for which English credit is earned). Offers several writing assignments and a series of sequential steps designed to help students reach the goal of writing a one-act play. (SR)

Uses research and theory on intrinsic motivation to suggest that some service learning practices may be counterproductive over the long term. Offers suggestions about the structure of service learning requirements concerning: (1) choice and control over community assignments; (2) choice and control over how activities are undertaken on site; and…

Describes the role of the Carnegie unit in enforcing standards regarding high school instruction and college admission. Reviews growing criticisms of the unit's standards regarding the emphases on time spent in courses, course labels instead of content, the current instructional organization of discrete 40-minute segments, and units earned instead…

There is relatively little research examining the advocated practices of teachers to indicate the nature of the potential rhetoric-reality gap that might exist if constraints were removed and teachers had complete free choice in designing their own environmental education programs. Identifies such gaps by exploring current practices and teachers'…

Presents a do-it-yourself case that has the double advantage of giving students practice in formulating questions for a specific company (not just a list from a book or assignment) and of giving them valuable field experience without involving faculty in lining up local companies and screening projects. Describes an example payroll project in an…

Educators are bombarded with data from all directions, but to effect change in the education field, they must be able to determine what key information and data are needed, understand how to use what they have learned from the data, and then use what they have learned to improve overall student achievement. Collecting and using data has become an…

Seventy undergraduate class sections were examined from the database of Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT) results of Deming and Hufnagel to determine if course format correlated with ADT normalized gain scores. Normalized gains were calculated for four different classroom scenarios: lecture, lecture with discussion, lecture with lab, and lecture…

This paper calls for the standardization of the speech communication basic course at large universities where many sections are taught a semester by graduate students and adjunct faculty. The paper discusses the faculty vision for a standardized basic communication course and suggests that standardization is one of the ways that communication…

Describes a course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. Content was divided into four segments: an introduction to the literature and a brief history of its development, court procedures, marriage and family law, and commercial law. Origins of the course and problems, especially that of comparing two legal systems…