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Case, Chester H. – 1982
This report describes the 1981-82 activities of the Los Medanos College (LMC) general education project, which focused on the development of guidelines for the revision, review, and evaluation of the general education program's basic tier of courses (Tier One) in the subject disciplines. First, 1981-82 project goals are specified: (1) the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
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Block, Marian R.; Coulehan, John L. – Journal of Medical Education, 1987
A required second-year course in medical interviewing contains a module in managing the difficult interview. The content includes classification of difficult interactions, identification of specific interview problems, recognition and use of the interviewer's own feelings as information about the patient, and acquisition of accurate and precise…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Problems, Higher Education, Information Seeking
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Bright, George W.; Clark, W. Bruce – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1986
Describes a compulsory computer education course for pre-service elementary and secondary teachers at the University of Calgary, Canada. Reviews the course content, laboratory topics, and provides an evaluative overview of the program's first year of implementation. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Course Descriptions, Elementary School Teachers
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Arendt, Jermaine D.; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Reports on the new foreign language requirements at the University of Minnesota. These requirements include establishing entrance standards and strengthening the graduation requirements, both of which are based on language proficiency. Workshops to train teachers in testing under the ACTFL Provisional Proficiency Guidelines are described. (SED)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Higher Education
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Harris, Roma M.; Ross, Catherine L. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1984
Results of investigation of M.L.S. degree students' needs for structure in required research methods course support hypothesis that, when exposed to such a course taught under low structure conditions, students with simple cognitive style would express demand for greater structure than would students with relatively complex cognitive style. (12…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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Bodi, Sonia – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Description of plans to institute a college bibliographic instruction program to be integrated into freshman and sophomore courses discusses transfer of learning, events which provided opportunity to shape programs, results of questionnaires assessing faculty perceptions of and students' ability to use library, and relevance of instruction. Eleven…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Instructional Design
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Zeller, Terry – Art Education, 1984
Suggestions for reforming K-12 art education are made. The arts must be seen as basic, not as extracurricular activities. Arts in the general education curriculum should teach content, concepts, and critical appreciation skills. An interdisciplinary approach to the arts should be used. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Core Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Santos, Michael W. – 1991
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a two-year project at Lynchburg College (Virginia) to develop an interdisciplinary program of classical readings in six required courses. Although originating in the college's senior symposium, the current program's emphasis is on remedying the dichotomy between basic skills and…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), College Curriculum, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking
Aviles, Christopher B. – 2001
Assigning grades is an integral part of social work education. However, social work educators must decide whether to use norm-referenced or criterion-referenced measurements to grade exams and other assignments. This paper presents arguments for grading with both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced measurements. The benefits of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grading
Choi, Kilchan; Shin, Edward – US Department of Education, 2004
The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) has been concerned about the disproportionately low rate of some racial/ethnic groups on campuses of the University of California (UC) and is committed to increasing the enrollment of traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic groups on UC campuses. To this end, course-taking …
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), High Risk Students, High School Students, College Admission
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Smith, Jonathan Z. – Change, 1983
The quest for the powers and skills of informed judgment, for the dual capacities of appreciation and criticism should stand as the goal of every level of the college curriculum. The fundamentals of a college education are seen as decisions between interpretations and the skill of understanding interpretations. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Departments, Educational Objectives
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Andersen, Dale G. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1983
A study was conducted to determine differences and similarities between degree programs for the Doctor of Education and the Doctor of Philosophy in Education, regarding: (1) admission criteria; (2) residency requirements; (3) program content; and (4) employment of graduates. Past and present trends concerning these degrees were also investigated.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations
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Xiaoying, Dong – International Information & Library Review, 1997
Discusses problems in Chinese educational reform and trends in professional education. Based on the curriculum of 17 Chinese schools of library and information science, this article provides data on required courses, specialized elective courses, and nonspecialized courses to determine the state-of-the-art structure of the knowledge base and to…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Trends
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Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois G.; Javorsky, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
A study involving 158 college students with learning disabilities who were granted foreign language course substitutions found there were few cognitive and academic achievement differences among students with differing levels of IQ-achievement or achievement-achievement discrepancy on Modern Language Aptitude Test and American College Testing…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Cushman, Kathleen – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1989
Organizing time into equal periods and moving at intervals from task to task is inefficient, yet most schools use this rigid scheduling method. Better ways of operating include the following: (1) teach required and elective subjects together; (2) devise double period seminars; and (3) combine back to back scheduling with team teaching. (VM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Course Organization, Departments, Educational Innovation
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