The results of a death education course in adjusting students' attitudes toward death and dying are discussed along with several recommendations. (SK)

Pretranscription, the individual skills needed to produce a mailable typewritten letter from shorthand notes, should be included in each semester of shorthand instead of just in the final class, according to this article. The author suggests strategies for teaching such elements as spelling, punctuation, and mailability and offers a guideline for…

Presents a profile of business courses determined through a survey covering four factors in course offerings in high schools of various enrollment classifications: scope of traditional-length (semester/year) course offerings, status of business courses in the total program, most frequently offered business courses, and number of high schools that…

A significant problem facing teachers relating to the major professions is their relative isolation from the day-to-day skills while teaching when compared with their colleagues in full-time practice. A technique for determining specific needs in the content of courses is described and the survey questionnaires are appended. (LBH)

Four preinstructional strategies are defined as to their current usage, the separate research on each concept is reviewed and the total findings are summarized into procedural guidelines. (Author/DEP)

Examines speech communication course development at the community college level and offers suggestions for dealing with problems of transferring course work to the four-year college and serving the career student enrolled in a two-year program. Available from: ACA Bulletin, Robert Hall, Editor, Speech Communication Association, 5205 Leesburg Pike,…

In this study, students reported total study time, their allocation of time to specific study activities, and the relationship between such allocations and achievement. (RB)

Contends that academic achievement cannot be improved by increasing the amount of time students spend on homework. Instead, achievement depends on the nature of the study activities students do. (RB)

Offers techniques to first-year teachers for managing the teaching workload in addition to classroom instruction. Topics include (1) preparing course outlines, (2) developing lesson plans, and (3) grading papers. (CH)

Reports results of a study designed to assess the effects of organizing a physical geography course according to the General Theory of Systems in order to help students think about the environment in more holistic terms. Concludes that more committed, achievement-oriented students did better under this approach, while those with a nonacademic…

A college course in the geography of agriculture presents a unique opportunity for an integrated study of economic, physical, and human geography. A teaching model which uses a systems analysis approach is presented. (RM)

Describes the development of an intensive four-day course at the University of Southampton to teach French to cross-Channel ferry crews. Each day of the course was divided into the following six contact hours: reading and pronunciation practice; formal grammar revision; two hours of "hostess-passenger" dialogs; "open-ended"…

The International Labour Organization assigned a staff member to an Asian country to assist the trade unions in strengthening their workers' education programs. One important aspect of his assignment consisted of establishing and testing a viable course program by constructing a set of syllabi for basic, specialized, and advanced courses that…

Offers advice to English department chairs on the behavior of academic departments. (AEA)