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Dobles, Robert W.; And Others – Training, 1979
A step-by-step method can determine whether training programs match the training needs as expressed by rated objectives. Trainers calculate the time devoted to each objective while the program users rate the importance of each objective. The match between importance and time is a measure of program efficiency. (LRA)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Needs Assessment

Hunt, Peter – Technical Communication Quarterly, 1993
Argues that courses in technical communication must have high status, be flexible, use distance learning techniques, and meet the needs of inservice communicators to satisfy demand for technical communicators in Europe. Suggests those courses concentrate on composition, text-handling, elicitation, and specialized technical areas. Suggests courses…
Descriptors: Course Content, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Content
Osborn, Hazel A. – Child Care Information Exchange, 2003
Urges child care programs to seek accreditation from NAEYC's National Academy of Early Childhood Programs to increase program quality and provides information on the validation process. Includes information on the validation visit and the validator's role and background. Offers suggestions for preparing the director, staff, children, and families…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrators, Child Care

Miller, Allen H. – Studies in Higher Education, 1984
Possible reasons for conducting evaluations of college and university courses are outlined, and the evaluation system developed at the Australian National University is described. Sources of information for teachers to use in making course improvements are suggested. (MSE)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods

Worrall, Russell S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
This article discusses health fraud in special education. Psychopathology of health fraud, standards by which pseudoscience and quackery are defined, and the complexities of learning disorders are considered. A scale to determine whether an alternative therapy is reasonable is presented. Several popular therapies are used as examples. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Educational Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Fraud, Learning Disabilities
Timpe, Eugene F. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
This article gives guidelines for the evaluation of foreign language departments that should lead to an upgrading of the profession. (CFM)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Class Size, College Language Programs, Departments