This article describes the affordances of social media and networks for online Elementary German courses that have been taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 2010. These online courses were created to provide students the opportunity to take Elementary German as part of the language requirement for Penn credit during the summer months…

Two projects of the Ecole Normale Superieure de Saint-Cloud (CREDIF) are described and critically analyzed in this paper: the definition of a threshold level, "Niveau-seuil," in French and a learning module, "Looking for Work," intended to teach necessary written French to migrant workers. The threshold level section is a…

This guide, one of a series for various grade levels, contains Some Essential Learner Ouctomes (SELOs) for career education in high schools in Minnesota. (The SELOs are selected samples of knowledge statements considered as essential learning outcomes for students in each of the subject areas taught in schools.) These SELOs for the senior high…

The great difficulty encountered with most behavioral educational objectives is determining whether or not they have been achieved. The disparity between new methods and most evaluation practices tends to minimize solid learning achievement. In order to specify realistic objectives that will prove meaningful in measuring student behavior as an…

Both measurable and unmeasurable institutional objectives of Mount San Jacinto College for the year 1972-73 are provided in this report. The Currently Unmeasurable Objectives, Section I of the report, are presented in a two-column format: (1) Currently Unmeasurable Objectives, and (2) How The Students Will Be Helped to Achieve These Objectives.…

This document explores problems described by learners of second languages at the university level. It reports on three case studies drawn from a language advisory service at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. An understanding of the range of experiences learners report in a given learning context is likely to shed light on ways in…

This curriculum guide provides materials for a metal trades technology course of study at the high school level. Its stated purpose is to help students acquire the trade knowledge necessary to function effectively in the shipfitting, welding, and piping trades. Contents include: a course description, a list of general objectives; lists of…

Eight elements of an up-dated career education program in vocational agriculture are described, with their expected outcomes. (MW)

THE "JUNIOR COLLEGE CURRICULUM" COURSE AT UCLA IS DESIGNED AS A PART OF THE STUDIES BASIC TO A DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND AS PREPARATION FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHING. STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO LEARN (1) TO BUILD AND SUPERVISE COURSES WHICH FIT INTO THE TOTAL CURRICULAR PATTERN OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, AND (2) TO TRANSLATE THEIR COURSES TO THEIR…

The woodworking collection is composed of 55 objectives and related evaluation items for use in grades 7 through 12. Each sample contains the objective, test items, and criteria for judging the adequacy of the response. Woodworking categories being measured include sharpening, adjusting, using and caring for tools; reading a working drawing; stock…

The author explains the need for validation in instructional television, citing his experiences with the ITV mathematics series, "It Figures," in Dade County Florida. He also describes in some detail the application of validation to the development of a television series, discussing such items as the specification of behavioral…

This paper describes a course conducted at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, during 1971-73 which was designed to fill the speech communication needs of vocationally oriented students or "technologists" preparing to work in Indiana industries. Most of the students had completed a basic speech course; thus the approach, behavioral objectives,…

This project, using the previous year's experience in identifying and classifying course-level goals as desired student learning outcomes, developed course goals in six more subject matter areas. Under the supervision of tricounty curriculum and evaluation specialists, 68 highly qualified teachers wrote course goals for art, health education,…

As a supplement to the principal reports of the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics (ED 062 123 - ED 062 125), the course objectives, structure, and sequence are discussed in this document to provide an overview of the program's development and operation. Following a description of goals, characteristics, content, systems approach, media…