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McAndrew, Donald A. – English Journal, 1980
Describes a series of procedures that can objectively measure student growth in interdisciplinary humanities courses at the secondary or college level. Preinstruction and postinstruction assessments determine student attitudes, responses to literature, art, and music, and knowledge of course content; midcourse individual conferences are also used.…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Sager, Carol – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Learning Activities
Kavathas, Sandra – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1978
Presents two lesson plans for a consumer education unit and the questionnaire used to survey student needs, attitudes, and concerns in consumer education. Lesson objectives were to help students determine their own needs and attitudes toward consumer education and money management and to evaluate a tentative consumer education syllabus. (MF)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Consumer Education, Course Objectives, Educational Needs
Foster, Gretchen – 1984
In order to help science students communicate more effectively with people outside their field, a two-semester technical writing course was developed with an emphasis on thinking rather than on blind adherence to the rules and forms of technical writing. The initial test group was composed of freshman science majors with exceptional writing…
Descriptors: Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Writing, Course Objectives

Stevens, George E. – Simulation and Games, 1985
Summarizes educational benefits of experiential learning from the literature, identifies course objectives, and describes a course offered by Department of Management at University of Central Florida. This course used experiential learning devices to teach students about personnel and staffing in organizations. Course outcomes and student…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Buckby, Michael – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1979
Discusses the importance of clear objectives, pleasant learning atmosphere, and positive attitudes in the second language classroom handling low-ability students. A student questionnaire form is appended. (AM)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Language Ability, Language Attitudes, Language Instruction

Saye, Jerry D. – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1987
Presents an approach to teaching basic and advanced courses in cataloging that determines course objectives by identifying the categories of students involved. The course content, instructional materials, and presentation methods are described in detail, and the success of the courses in generating interest among students is discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Course Content, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
Strom, Margot Stern – Curriculum Review, 1983
Describes the comprehensive curriculum approach and teacher training program on the Jewish Holocaust that has been developed for adolescents by Facing History and Ourselves, a nonprofit organization. Course objectives, problems teachers will encounter, and student response are discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives

Johns, Janice; And Others – Mathematics in School, 1987
Describes the development of a new mathematics course in a school district in Great Britain which was designed for low achieving high school students. Provides the course design including aims, objectives, levels of attainment, and assessment exercises. Discusses the mathematics achievement certificate created as a result of the course. (TW)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Course Organization

Gregory, Eileen – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1992
Discusses the purpose, the rationale, and an evaluation of students' comments concerning an introductory college science course for nonscience majors that utilizes content area reading and writing to instill an appreciation for the everyday importance of science by focusing on the theme of science in the news, particularly as reported in the print…
Descriptors: College Science, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Course Descriptions
Fernandez, Theresa M. – 1986
This paper discusses the use of guided design with white student nurses at the Medical College of Virginia Nursing School to help them develop an awareness of and reduce stereotypic responses when they are providing nursing care to black patients. The need for this type of training for both faculty and students is discussed, a series of seminars…
Descriptors: Black Stereotypes, Course Objectives, Cross Cultural Training, Faculty Development

Gehrig, Gail – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Designs and teaches a required course on cultural diversity in U.S. society. Develops effective strategies for counteracting students' intergroup intolerance. Focuses on two common triggers of intolerance and offers strategies for reducing that intolerance. (Author/NL)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Cultural Pluralism
Peters, Richard O. – 1984
An environmental education-oriented global studies program to promote attitudes of environmental stewardship can be implemented in K-12 rural school systems, as an integrated part of social studies instruction, without overburdening the curriculum, by using the Curriculum Organization and Program Evaluation (COPE) model. The model provides…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Conservation (Environment), Course Content, Course Objectives
Thomas, Monica, Ed. – 1983
Award-winning economic education projects devised by Alaska teachers included three elementary (K-6) projects and three second level (7-12) ones. Faith Greenough's students (Chinook Elementary School, Anchorage) compared Tlingit traditional and market economies in Alaska, so economics became an integrated part of elementary instruction. Marie…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Budgeting, Conservation Education, Course Objectives
Craddick, Jan – 1986
To address the lack of academic and social preparation that many rural Alaskans have when they first arrive at college, in 1985 Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska) initiated the Early College Incentive Program (ECIP) to expose junior high students to college learning and living requirements, reduce cultural shock (Sheldon Jackson's student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Preparation, Course Objectives