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Three University External Studies Courses: An Analysis. Teacher Education Forum; Volume 4, Number 8.
Download full textGoldman, Richard M.; Champagne, David W. – 1976
Three external degree programs--National Ed.D. Program for Educational Leaders, Nova University (Florida); University External Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh; and Field Centered Courses, Department of Early Childhood Education, Kent State University--are compared on the basis of a series of questions. Is the course designed for a…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Evaluation, Extension Education, External Degree Programs
Dodds, Agnes E.; Lawrence, Jeanette A. – 1981
A model to describe how adults work on university courses at a distance from campus was developed at an Australian university. The model was designed to describe how students define the task/goal and plan their study, based on G. Ploya's (1957) Heuristic and A. Newell's and H. A. Simon's (1972) General Problem Solver. Verbal reports were obtained…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Course Objectives, Course Organization
Bates, A. W.; Pugh, A. K. – 1975
The Open University of Great Britain is an open-enrollment, home-based institution in which the majority of the instruction is conducted via broadcasts and correspondence. The student is required to interact with printed materials, broadcasts, tutors, counselors, assignments, cassette recordings, experiment kits, etc. The choice of media is…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
Reed, Charles E. – 1974
This learning package is a three-semester-hour, independent-study course in community health services designed for postsecondary, external degree students. Keyed to the commercially published textbook "Community Health" (Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1970), the package contains a course administrator manual, a student unit study guide, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Health Services, Course Objectives, Diagnostic Tests
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1974
The five papers included in this collection illustrate the current concerns of those involved in the development and implementation of assessment procedures. A one year in-course assessment procedure conducted at Leicester University is described, including the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure. The problems of interpreting the results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Course Objectives, Data Processing
Barbour, G. Jeffrey – 1975
This learning package is a three-semester-hour, independent-study course in principles of economics designed for postsecondary, external degree students. Keyed to the commercially published textbook "Economics Today" (San Francisco, CA: Canfield Press, 1975), the package consists of an administrator manual, a student manual, 14…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Banking, Course Objectives, Diagnostic Tests
Rankin, Robert E. – 1975
This learning package is a three-semester-hour, independent-study course in social psychology designed for postsecondary, external degree students. Keyed to the commercially published textbook "Social Psychology: Explorations in Understanding" (Del Mar, CA: CRM, 1974), the package consists of an administrator manual, a student manual, and a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aggression, Attitudes, Behavior
Richardson, Charles Howard – 1975
This learning package is a three-semester-hour, independent-study course in geography and cultures of the world designed for postsecondary, external degree students. Keyed to the commercially published textbook "Between Two Worlds: A New Introduction to Geography" (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973), the package consists of an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Objectives, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
