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Groccia, James; Hunter, Mary Stuart – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a firstyear seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Program Design, Program Implementation, Success
Reid, Fraser; Rees, Liz – 1977
Courses designed to enhance the study skills in students at Plymouth Polytechnic and Kingston Polytechnic are outlined and examined. In the case of Plymouth Polytechnic, the research was centered on an evaluation of a program from Sussex University; the Kingston Polytechnic research included the course design. The Sussex University Advanced…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Robinson, Jo Ann, Ed.; Taylor, Jacqueline E., Ed. – 2002
The College Credit Recommendation Service of the American Council on Education helps adults gain academic credit for formal courses taken outside college and university degree programs. It does this by providing educational institutions with reliable information to use in making decisions about credit awards. This guide is a reference to help…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, College Credits, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Lovell-Troy, Larry; Eickmann, Paul – 1992
This is a workbook that assists college faculty to design their own courses. The process is organized in a series of stages each of which is given a chapter: gathering, planning, implementing, teaching and evaluating. The first chapter on gathering describes the process for collecting as much information about the course as possible by describing…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Foran, James V.; And Others – 1992
This text contains six chapters designed to help teachers and administrators plan vocational curricula. The chapters cover the following topics: teaching for meaning and relevance; assessing program viability; analyzing jobs and performance standards; planning curriculum and assessment; conducting progress evaluations; and applying teaching…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Diamond, Robert M. – 1998
This book is intended to help college faculty effectively design and evaluate courses and curricula. The 16 chapters address the following topics: a learning-centered approach to course and curriculum design; a systematic design model (showing benefits); the decision to begin a curriculum project; getting started; linking goals, courses, and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation