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Download full textFarrell, Thomas J. – 1971
Since its inception in 1965 the General Curriculum Program at Forest Park Community College (Missouri) has fluctuated within identifiable limits and evolved from a totally non-credit situation to one of developmental credit that could count as elective units in degree and transfer programs. The program has shifted from a 2-semester to a 1-semester…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Experimental Curriculum, General Education, Remedial Programs
Hunter, Walter E. – 1971
During the spring 1970 semester at Meramec Community College, 28 students participated in an experimental program of supervised, self-directed learning. This program grew out of the belief that community colleges were not meeting the needs of students with widely varied backgrounds. Questionnaires were distributed to the students and instructors…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Independent Study
Diemer, G. W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
What is the method by which the elementary school can be brought up to twentieth-century standards? The answer is "a complete administrative and curriculum reorganization of the elementary school." The efforts of John Dewey in his highly socialized experimental school in Chicago, of Merriam at Missouri University, and of William Wirt at…
Descriptors: School Organization, Curriculum Development, Experimental Schools, Elementary Schools
