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Schroeder, Shawnda M.; Terras, Katherine L. – NACADA Journal, 2015
Although a majority of graduate students fall under the definition of adult learners (over age 24 years), many traditional institutions do not offer advising specific to them, nor do they recognize advising needs of these older students in online, classroom, or cohort situations. In this phenomenological study, 9 adult graduate learners were…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Adult Students, Student Needs, Student Surveys
Crawford, Patricia – 1979
Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education suggested a needs assessment model for designing school guidance programs. Subsequently, an instrument was developed to enable school guidance personnel to conduct an assessment of student needs. A 119-item questionnaire reflecting 13 areas of need was administered to 313 secondary students. Students…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Preparation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Lindvall, Rebekah – 1995
This report describes a program employing the theory of multiple intelligences and individual learning style in order to increase time on task, increase retention of academic material, and decrease fluctuations in distracting behaviors in classrooms. Seventeen third grade students in the targeted classroom of an elementary school were surveyed on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Style
Johnson, Glenn Ross; Morris, Geneva – 1982
The views of biology department heads concerning the state of the art in program development were surveyed. A random sample of 132 biology department heads in state-supported colleges and universities responded to questions focusing on program development and curriculum aspects. The responses were compared to those of English, history, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Biology, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis