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Nimnicht, Glen; Wilson, Dee – 1969
This report covers the evaluation of preliminary field testing of a 1-year experimental training program designed to reach a larger number of Head Start teachers and teacher aides at a lower cost but provide an inservice program that was at least as good as an 8-week college program. The program began with a 4-day workshop for 60 teachers and…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Training, Microteaching
Skailand, Dawn – 1973
The teaching of reading as a decoding process was an educational strategy used by the Minicourse 18 model of teacher education. This report analyzes the field data taken from four school test sites and assesses the effectiveness of the strategy. Multivariate Statistical analysis shows the program has a significant effect in course-approved…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Field Studies, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Systems
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Wortman, Camille B.; Hillis, Jay W. – Teaching of Psychology, 1976
An introductory psychology course which used undergraduate-taught minicourses and the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) approach is described. (DE)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
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Zipko, Stephen J. – Science Activities, 1978
A ten-day minicourse in consumerism is described which utilizes outside speakers, experiments, audiovisual material, and field trips to local stores. This is a junior high school course but is adaptable elementary, secondary, or college level. (BB)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Consumer Science, Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Dubin, S. S.; Regan, Raymond W. – Engineering Education, 1978
Discusses the use of a market survey to determine the potential market, appropriate level of subject matter, and preferred meeting time for a short course in solid wastemanagement. (SL)
Descriptors: College Science, Community Surveys, Course Evaluation, Educational Needs
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Randlesome, Collin – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1977
Organized by the Department of European Languages and Institutions at Cranfield Institute of Technology, residential short courses in German and French language instruction are offered to senior managers of companies involved in international business ventures. The three-year history of such a course in German is discussed in this article. (BM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Communication, Business Skills, Conversational Language Courses
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Carmichael, Joan; And Others – Medical Education, 1977
Medical students' attitudes towards concepts in sexuality before and after a five-day sexuality course were tested at the University of Miami School of Medicine and evaluated with Osgood's Semantic Differential. Concepts rated were "my sexuality,""masturbation,""homosexuality," and "my role in understanding…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Research
David, Carol; Stine, Donna – ABCA Bulletin, 1984
Reports the results of a series of long-range studies that demonstrate that participants in short courses improve their communication skills as much as students enrolled in semester-long college classes. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Communication, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
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Maynard, William – NASSP Bulletin, 1976
Schools can achieve humanistic goals, assert these writers, by providing students more options and therby meeting their diverse needs. Showing how widespread the mini-concept is, they report in this article a three-state survey that indicates how principals feel about their programs. (Editor)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Flexible Scheduling
Romey, Bill – Interface Journal, 1974
Experientially-based, independent studies, conducted during the month-long January term at St. Lawrence University, and reactions to them are described. Emphasis is on the conflicts arising from non-structured studies approved by the Department of Geology and Geography. (LBH)
Descriptors: Enrichment, Experimental Programs, Higher Education, Humanistic Education
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Copeland, Evelyn – English Journal, 1973
Reports on a sample mini-course in the humanities entitled A Several-Circled Search for Self'' which employs the circus as a theme while stressing the importance of student involvement and the development of self-concept. (RB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, English Curriculum, Humanities Instruction
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Neie, Van E. – Science Activities, 1973
Advocates the use of minicourses in teaching secondary school science. Topics are suggested and methods for structuring minicourses are discussed. (JR)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Instruction, Minicourses
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Hess, Lee R.; Sperry, Len – Education, 1973
The concept of modular educational programming provides a pragmatic means of translating employee developmental needs into educational objectives. (Authors)
Descriptors: Business Skills, Course Content, Course Objectives, Educational Programs
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Steirer, Michael D. – Clearing House, 1973
Twenty four mini-elective courses utilizing mass media were organized to motivate students in English classes at Shuler Junior High School, Cleveland, Ohio. (DS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elective Courses, English Curriculum, English Instruction
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Moravcsik, Michael J. – American Journal of Physics, 1973
Informs of the initiation of two projects: the supply of journals to developing countries and a summer seminar for foreign graduate students. Appeals to the physics community for suggestions, help, and new ideas. (CC)
Descriptors: College Science, International Education, International Programs, International Relations
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