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DuBois, Eugene E. – Adult Leadership, 1971
An experiment at a New England state college showed that undergraduates are ready and capable of participating in learning designs in which they take responsibility for the design as well as instruction. (EB)
Descriptors: College Students, Independent Study, Self Directed Groups, Student Projects
Peer reviewedAllender, Jerome S.; Silberman, Melvin L. – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1979
Three models were conceptualized for facilitating student-directed learning: teacher-guided, group-planned, and individual-oriented. Undergraduates in an educational psychology course were studied using the Involvement Behavior Questionnaire and the Inquiry Fluency Task. All three experimental treatments encouraged student involvement. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Inquiry
Woolford, G. A. – Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Course Evaluation, Group Discussion, Self Directed Groups
Download full textHatch, Winslow R., Comp.; Richards, Alice L., Comp. – 1965
Summaries of studies or experiments dealing with some aspect of independent study are compiled in this report. The papers include: (1) "The Future of Self-Directed Study," by Howard E. Gruber; (2) "Freshman Seminars at Harvard," by Eric W. Shaw; (3) "Independent Study in Honors Programs," by Philip I. Mitterling; (4)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, College Students, Competency Based Education
