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The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success: Volume Four: Using Peers in the Classroom
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Latino, Jennifer A.; Ashcraft, Michelle – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a first-year seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, National Surveys, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship
Healthy Lifestyles: A Giant Step toward Improving the Quality of Life for Students.
Sienna, Phillip A; Ameer, Jeffrey B. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
The "Healthy Life-styles" course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln uses both short-term assignments, designed to reinforce the cognitive principles of physical education, and long-term "contracts," which utilize those health concepts as catalysts toward beneficial behavior modifications. (LH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Programs, Health Activities
The Senior Year Experience. Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure, and Transition.
Gardner, John N.; Van der Veer, Gretchen – 1998
The theme of this collection of 17 monographs is defined as the "senior year experience," that final period of the undergraduate experience leading to entry into graduate school or the workplace. Part 1, "Understanding the Unique Needs of Today's Seniors," examines the characteristics and needs of senior as they make the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Capstone Experiences, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Introduction to English Language Teaching, Volume 3: Methods at the College Level.
Ghosh, R. N.; And Others – 1977
This volume is intended to introduce college teachers of English as a second language (ESL) to some of the basic concepts underlying the teaching of English in India. A theoretical framework is formulated within which problems such as the planning of syllabuses and designing of courses and tests may be understood. At the same time, practical…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Language Programs, Course Content, English (Second Language)
A New Dimension for International and Professional Studies: Foreign Language Intercultural Courses (FLICS).
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Cere, Ronald – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1988
A program model designed to provide intercultural training and foster a global approach to professional education is described. The steps and components necessary to construct a foreign language intercultural course according to this model are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Organization, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Objectives
Foreign Language Proficiency Standards for Entrance and Graduation. College of Liberal Arts. A Guide for Teachers of Spanish.
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Coll. of Liberal Arts. – 1986
This guide to Spanish language proficiency standards is intended to aid the University of Minnesota's staff in developing curricula and tests for the university's language courses, and to help foreign language teachers outside the university understand the university's language programs. The standards are geared toward the language skills expected…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Second Language Programs, Educational Equipment, Graduation Requirements
Foreign Language Proficiency Standards for Entrance and Graduation. College of Liberal Arts. A Guide for Teachers of French.
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Coll. of Liberal Arts. – 1986
This guide to French language proficiency standards is intended to aid the University of Minnesota's staff in developing curricula and tests for the university's language courses, and to help foreign language teachers outside the university understand the university's language programs. The standards are geared toward the language skills expected…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Second Language Programs, Educational Equipment, French
Foreign Language Proficiency Standards for Entrance and Graduation. College of Liberal Arts. A Guide for Teachers of German.
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Coll. of Liberal Arts. – 1986
This guide to German language proficiency standards is intended to aid the University of Minnesota's staff in developing curricula and tests for the university's language courses, and to help foreign language teachers outside the university understand the university's language programs. The standards are geared toward the language skills expected…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Second Language Programs, Educational Equipment, German