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Kline, Lois Twombley – 1984
In 1981, Pikes Peak Community College initiated a new Continuing Education Area, which featured a "weekend college" for communication classes held on Friday evenings and Saturdays. Faculty and administrators have identified several advantages of the weekend college, including the following: (1) since classes are held in existing…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textGoertz, Mary Jean; Phemister, Linda – 1994
Programs for disadvantaged gifted students require teachers with a number of positive characteristics and a relevant curriculum. The New Challenge Program created by the University of Texas Pan-American College of Education is a Saturday morning enrichment program for disadvantaged gifted children. Students select from classes such as Basic and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Enrichment Activities
Koch, Gail – 1980
This descriptive report examines the efforts of a faculty team at the University of Minnesota's General College to revise an interdisciplinary general education course on conflict and change so that it would meet the unique educational needs of adult, non-traditional students. The report first describes a proposed course delivery format designed…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Course Organization
Westphal, Patricia B., Ed. – 1985
Selected papers from the 1985 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages include: "Research in Creativity and Its Application in the Classroom"; "Teaching Language Through Comprehension"; "The Testing of Proficiency in Listening Comprehension: Guidelines for Teaching"; "Who Should Be Asking…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction
