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Leroux, Janice A.; DeFazio, Peggy – Gifted Education International, 1990
This study examined the Mini-Course Enrichment Program offered at two Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) universities which provide week-long programs for gifted secondary school students. Respondents (97 students and 80 parents) perceived that the program enhanced personal control, developed a sense of risk taking, and helped in preparing for the future.…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Minicourses
Peer reviewedReilly, Richard R.; Manese, Wilfredo R. – Personnel Psychology, 1979
The Electronic Switching System (ESS) Minicourse was designed to serve as a second-stage selection procedure for candidates for the full ESS training program. A criterion-related validity study was undertaken to provide further evidence of validity as well as data helpful in setting a cutting score. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cutting Scores, Electronic Technicians, Job Applicants
Download full textBean, Thomas W. – 1981
A year-long interdisciplinary project sought to develop professors' available repertoire of strategies for guiding students' independent learning from texts and developing students' ability to learn from texts with adjunct guide materials in a minicourse setting. Adjunct materials included such instructor devised aids as study questions, graphic…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Higher Education
Inman, Deborah – 1984
During 1982-83, the Native American Education Program provided after-school and summer session instruction and supportive services to approximately 450 Native American grade K-12 students scattered throughout New York City. Goals of visiting and interviewing 50% of the target population were realized, with 220 home visits made. Materials and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, Community Services, Cultural Activities
Bartos, Robert B.; Smith, Lyle R. – 1979
Central Savannah River Area Cooperative Educational Services Agency (CSRA CESA) implemented a career education project for grades K-12 in the Columbia County School System to develop a replicable model for incremental improvements. The major emphasis was the infusion of career education activities into the teaching of basic skills. Program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
Smith, Janet D.; And Others – 1980
The Step-Up to College Program was initiated in the summer of 1980 to provide basic skills instruction in English and mathematics for incoming freshmen, re-entry adult students, and high school students and adults considering college. Program participants who were enrolled in both the English and math courses (N=125) were asked to take part in a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Community Colleges
Kirk, Jenny; Kirk, Gordon – 2002
Stage 2 of an evaluation assessed the impact of changes to the United Kingdom's national funding rules to include 3- and 6-hour information and communications technology (ICT) courses. Fieldwork consisted of a questionnaire to colleges, postal survey of learners, visits to colleges, and analysis of the national student database for 2000-2001.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Course Evaluation, Developed Nations
