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Enns, Carolyn Zerbe – Teaching of Psychology, 1993
Reviews literature related to learning styles and gender differences. Determines that abstract and reflection are associated traditionally with mind or masculine, whereas concrete experience and active experimentation are associated with the body or female. Calls for additional experiential activities to provide a more gender-balanced approach to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Course Content, Curriculum Design
David, Edward E., Jr.; Willenbrock, F. Karl – Engineering Education, 1988
Reexamines the recommendations of "A National Action Agenda for Engineering Education." Cites at least one exemplary effort related to each. Covers the overburdened curriculum; practice oriented graduate programs; design, manufacturing, and construction; instructional laboratories; faculty pool, professional development for faculty;…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Science, Construction (Process), Curriculum Design
Allen, Michael G.; Sheppard, Ronnie – 1991
A study was conducted to provide a current data profile on Georgia's middle grade schools that could serve as a baseline for periodic reassessments of the state's middle grade schools. A 19-item questionnaire was mailed to Georgia's 284 public middle grade schools in October 1990, requesting information on administration organization; grade…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Educational Counseling
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Mathieson, Margaret – Oxford Review of Education, 1991
Surveys recent government reports addressing problems of teaching English to the school population of England. States responses to these reports have exposed scholarly community conflicts. Notes the present demand for a return to formal grammar and standard English moving away from the 1970s movement towards the linguistic/vocational model. (NL)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations