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Direct linkRobin Woodall; Lynda B. Ransdell; Aurelia Lencioni; Sabina Mursolova; Eric M. Martin; Yong Gao – Quest, 2025
Ninety percent of higher education institutions in the US offer conceptually based fitness and wellness (CBFW) courses to improve students' knowledge and behavior relative to physical and mental health. This literature review investigated CBFW course content, structure, and the effectiveness of courses or programs that sought to improve knowledge…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Curriculum, Health Related Fitness, Health Education
Twombly, Susan B. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
Review of research indicates that, when asked about their perceptions of general education, college students show lack of understanding, clarity, and purpose relative to their general education courses. These findings, and an exploratory study of faculty enactment of educational goals in the classroom, suggest some considerations for college…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development
Download full textCuseo, Joseph B. – 1997
There is a large body of well-conducted research that supports the value of freshmen orientation seminars in promoting the success of first-year students at community colleges. Orientation programs have been shown to improve retention, program completion, and the level of academic performance of these students. In addition to improving student…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Course Content
PDF pending restorationBrawer, Florence B.; Friedlander, Jack – 1979
The findings and conclusions of a study of curriculum and instruction in two-year college social science, science, and science-related technology programs are summarized in three sections. The first selects from 1977-1978 curriculum data which were gathered from catalogs and class schedules of a representative national sample of 175 two-year…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
Hill, Andrew – 1980
Psychology education is examined as revealed by a study of science education that involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative institutions, and a survey of 143 psychology instructors. Each of the four parts of the report reviews pertinent literature, reports study methodology and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Beckwith, Miriam M. – 1980
Anthropology and interdisciplinary social sciences (ISS) education at two-year colleges are examined as revealed in a study of science education conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges that involved a review of the literature, an examination of the catalogs and class schedules from 175 institutions, and a survey of 1,125…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Bibliographies, Class Activities, College Curriculum
