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Direct linkTaylor, Paul T. – PRIMUS, 2014
Many institutions wish to offer a path for students pursuing actuarial careers but lack the student demand to offer new courses or hire additional faculty. Fortunately, a program training students to enter the profession can often be constructed using existing courses and well-informed advising.
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Program Development, Program Descriptions, Risk Assessment
Download full textRagan, Lawrence C.; Bigatel, Paula Mae; Kennan, Shannon S.; Dillon, Janet May – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
This article describes the design and development of a professional development program based upon research on the competencies necessary for online teaching success conducted at Penn State University in 2009-2010. The article highlights how the results of this research are being aligned with various professional development courses comprising the…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, College Faculty, Distance Education, Online Courses
Ogan, Amy; Aleven, Vincent; Jones, Christopher – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
Most successes in intelligent tutoring systems have come in well-defined domains like algebra or physics. We investigate how to support students in acquiring ill-defined skills of intercultural competence using an online environment that employs clips of feature films from a target culture. To test the effectiveness of a set of attention-focusing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Perspective Taking, Cultural Awareness
Hall, Keith A.; Mitzel, Harold E. – Educational Technology Systems, 1974
Two individually-adaptive mathematics courses for urban high school youth were developed by a Commonwealth CAI Consortium to help satisfy the ninth grade requirement for general mathematics and algebra in Pennsylvania. A description of the courses and of the computer system, and an analysis of the effectiveness of the CAI-mediated mathematics…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Grade 9
Smith, Beverly J.; Schirato, Faye E. – 1990
A project providing training in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction to teachers and administrators of adult basic education programs in central Pennsylvania is described. Eleven workshops were conducted on the following topics: providing services to people of other cultures--cross-cultural differences; new approaches and techniques for…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Training
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum Services. – 1974
Intended to facilitate the improvement of industrial arts education in Pennsylvania, the guidelines for planning and development emphasize an interdisciplinary approach. They are aimed at professional personnel and are divided into general provisions which are applied (with changes in specific content where appropriate) to elementary, middle…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
KITZMILLER, RICHARD L. – 1967
THE TERM "SLOW LEARNER" IS USED IN THIS REPORT TO DESIGNATE THE 18 TO 20 PERCENT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 89 IQ ON INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS. THE PURPOSES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BEST SUITED TO THE ABILITIES AND INTERESTS OF THE SLOW LEARNER, ADOPT CRITERIA FOR OPTIMUM…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Courses, Curriculum Research, Demonstration Programs
Crumrine, Myron A. – 1978
A project was designed to develop a vocational course to satisfy an industry request for trained manpower in petroleum production. During phase one the feasibility was studied, formal instruction determined, an instructor named, site located and secured, and students selected for the class. A three-year trade and industrial level course for…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Job Analysis, Petroleum Industry
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1986
Pennsylvania's guide to help school districts develop programs for limited English proficient (LEP) students outlines considerations in using two different approaches, bilingual education and English as a second language (ESL) instruction, at the elementary and secondary levels. The issues addressed include appropriate instructional methods,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Check Lists, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Meehan, Merrill L. – 1977
Developed for use in short-range and long-range vocational planning, this competency-based self-instructional module for administrators has two general objectives: develop an original vocational administrative plan for a simulated area vocational technical school and submit the plan for approval (evaluation). The module is designed in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Education, Administrators, Autoinstructional Aids
Lehigh County Community Coll., Schnecksville, PA. – 1993
Lehigh County Community College (Pennsylvania) and the Lehigh County Senior Citizens' Center collaborated on a project to assess the learning needs of the senior center's 1,600 members. A needs assessment completed by 68 center members and interviews of an additional 38 center members established that senior citizens preferred short-term workshops…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Consumer Education
Fiorelli, Joseph S., Ed. – 1979
A project was conducted in Pennsylvania to develop a stable and competent pool of Alternative Living Arrangement (ALA) direct service personnel to serve all developmentally disabled individuals in need of such services. This goal was to be accomplished through meeting the following process objectives: (1) conducting a comprehensive inventory of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Content, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
