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Download full textCheney, Lynne V. – 1987
An extensive study of humanities education in the nation's public schools, commissioned by the United States Congress, concludes that history, literature, and languages are inadequately taught, and most students fail to learn important knowledge about their shared past and culture. Data from a nation-wide survey reveal gross ignorance of major…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Core Curriculum, Culture, Curriculum Development
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
In 1983-84, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges developed and field tested an instrument, the General Academic Assessment (GAA) student survey, to assess community college students' knowledge in several liberal arts areas, including the humanities. The GAA was completed by a sample of 8,024 students at four large, urban community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Humanities, Knowledge Level
Mikolji, B. H.; Plough, T. R. – 1986
The educational literature provides extensive evidence of concern with the issue of an integration of humanities and social sciences within higher education to meet the requirements of modern technology and society. This concern is also reflected in the numerous structural and functional changes in higher education, particularly in technical…
Descriptors: College Students, College Transfer Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
Peer reviewedGregory, Marshall – College Teaching, 1987
Memory is the primary mechanism of modern education. Despite memory's importance in other ways, it is not the primary tool for solving problems, making theories or plotting courses of action. Students should be taught how to separate trivial from important information by using critical judgments, ethical standards, and logic. (MLW)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Change, General Education, Higher Education
National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. – 1991
Several leaders in education have concluded that the United States should have some form of national achievement testing. Such tests are proposed as part of the "America 2000" education strategy. Believing that the experience of other countries will be useful to educators, policymakers, and concerned citizens, the National Endowment for…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1989
This summary for administrators describes the Cultural Literacy Test, which is designed to help monitor students' progress in attaining essential general knowledge and to serve as a rational means for assessing education in one of its most important dimensions: the achievement of functional literacy. Summary topics include test development,…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy, Grade 11
