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E. L. Cary; D. Bergen-Cico; S. Sinegar; M. K. A. Schutt; E. C. Helminen; J. C. Felver – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reduces anxiety among undergraduate students; however, there is limited evidence demonstrating mechanistic underpinnings. Theoretical models implicate cognitive self-regulation as a mechanism. This study explored whether an adapted MBSR embedded in a college course reduced anxiety and if…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Anxiety
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Petrunich-Rutherford, Maureen L.; Daniel, Frances – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
The current study investigated whether collaborative quizzing impacted quiz performance, overall grades, exam grades, pass/fail rates, and attendance in upper-level psychology courses. Students enrolled in two sections of upper-level psychology courses completed collaborative quizzes, whereas students enrolled in two noncollaborative sections…
Descriptors: Psychology, Attendance, Tests, Grades (Scholastic)
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Accardi, Steven – Composition Studies, 2017
Penn State Hazleton sits at the very edge of town, on the top of a large hill, literally, as far removed from Hazleton as it possibly can be. Only a handful of professors actually live in Hazleton, and nearly all students return home for the weekend. Compared with the main campus, the student population at Penn State Hazleton is quite diverse.…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Community Involvement, Business, Unskilled Workers
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Berger, Bruce A.; Felkey, Bill G. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1989
Recognition of the importance of patient compliance with medication regimens has resulted in a total redesign of a course at the Auburn University School of Pharmacy. A description of the rationale and methodology for focusing communication courses on patient compliance is presented along with a conceptual model and course syllabus. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compliance (Psychology), Course Descriptions, Drug Use
Hutsell, Deborah C. – 1985
Course syllabi are provided for the pharmacology course sequence in the associate degree nursing program at Chattanooga State Technical Community College. Pharmacology I introduces students to basic information related to pharmaceutical preparation, presenting standards and legislation pertaining to the administration of medication. Pharmacology…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
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Grieshaber, Larry D.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1980
A course in pharmaceutical product merchandising offered at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy incorporated as its three major components the development of a one-page print advertisement, a recorded radio commercial, and a videotape commercial series. Student evaluations were based on performance rather than effort. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advertising, Commercial Art, Course Descriptions, Drug Use
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Scott, David M.; Montague, Michael – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1980
A course designed to educate individuals in the responsible use of prescription and nonprescription drugs, offered to the entire student body at the University of Minnesota, is outlined and evaluated. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Course Descriptions
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Zoller, Uri; Weiss, Shoshana – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Presents a curriculum that attempts to foster responsible, decision-making capacities in senior high school or undergraduate freshman students with respect to the use of hashish and marijuana. (CS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Course Descriptions, Drug Use
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McNeal, Ann P.; Murrain, Michelle – College Teaching, 1994
Hampshire College (Massachusetts) offers an introductory, interdisciplinary course on the effects of drugs on the body to get students to think creatively and critically about science. It is hoped that, by becoming scientists for a term, they will experience both the power of science and its fallibility. (The course syllabus is included.) (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, Drug Education
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Labianca, Dominick A.; Reeves, William J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Describes an interdisciplinary program consisting of two courses. The first course deals with the chemistry of drugs and poisons; the second course focuses on fictional works in which these drugs and poisons are central to the plots. (SK)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Course Descriptions, Crime
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1975
These teacher and student materials for a postsecondary-level course in pharmacy comprise one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. The purpose stated for the 256-hour course is to train students in the basic technical phases of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Drug Abuse
Smith, Philip D., Jr.; And Others – 1980
These bilingual English/Spanish Adult Proficiency Materials comprise three adult education courses in these areas: consumer education, health, and nutrition. Part 1, Consumer Education, covers these topics: money management, credit, frauds, consumer complaints, housing, utility bills, saving energy, banking, insurance (car, health, life), buying a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcohol Education, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education