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Millett, Catherine M.; Payne, David G.; Dwyer, Carol A.; Stickler, Leslie M.; Alexiou, Jon J. – Educational Testing Service, 2008
This paper presents a framework that institutions of higher education can use to improve, revise and introduce comprehensive systems for the collection and dissemination of information on student learning outcomes. For faculty and institutional leaders grappling with the many issues and nuances inherent in assessing student learning, the framework…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Testing, Accountability, Outcomes of Education
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Roen, Duane H. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Argues that writing assignments should (1) specify audience, purpose, and topic, (2) define rhetorical problems, (3) incorporate stages of the composing process, (4) provide timely feedback to avoid cognitive overload, and (5) follow some developmental sequence. Describes several assignments based on letter writing. (JG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Rhodes, Steven C. – Speech Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Educational Research, Feedback
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Maclin, Jean Phillips – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1993
Reports on a study that compared the use of standard lesson planning to sequential teaching by prospective teachers. Concludes that task analysis and the sequential approach may improve instruction by providing students with an opportunity for mastery and a positive learning experience through frequent success. (CFR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Learning Strategies, Lesson Plans
Cipriano, Robert E. – 1983
A sequential and developmental curriculum design is conceptualized, based on task analysis. Task analysis is a detailed inquiry into actions undertaken in performing specific tasks or jobs. Baseline data form a database on which education and training programs are designed, produced, and evaluated. The following are sources of information for task…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Information Sources
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Reagan, Sally Barr – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1986
Noting that combining reading instruction with writing instruction is more effective than teaching writing alone, describes and evaluates various sequential activities and exercises to promote involved reading. Includes mapping, summarizing, synthesizing, and critiquing assigned readings, all of which lead to the research paper. (JG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Expository Writing, Higher Education
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Metzler, Michael – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1984
Micro-peer teaching is an important step in preservice teacher education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. A three-lesson sequence used in a secondary methods course for physical education teachers is outlined. (PP)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Methods Courses, Microteaching, Peer Teaching
Bar-Lev, Zev – 2002
This article presents an output-printed, lexically-based communicative teaching method. Specially designed to impart spontaneous speaking abilities for special students, it is a possible solution to broader problems of foreign language teaching. It is based on the assumption that acquisition-sequence is crucial to successful classroom study, but…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Dukes, Carlton W. – 1986
Teaching college faculty the principles and applications of computers for computer-based instruction (CBI) in workshops or classrooms is discussed, along with implications of establishing an ongoing program based on sequential levels of knowledge acquisition. Five hierarchical categories for the acquisition of knowledge, based on a model by Hubert…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Vavra, Ed – 1985
In order to support an argument for the teaching of grammar in a writing class, this report first summarizes the descriptive studies done by Kellogg Hunt in 1965 and 1970, and the comparative studies done by John Mellon and Frank O'Hare in 1969 and 1973. The second part of the report consists of five workshop handouts about the following topics:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, Freshman Composition, Grammar
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Horn, Stanton D.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1981
An outline of AADS curricular guidelines for gross anatomy in dental education includes primary educational goals, prerequisites, core content, specific course objectives for each section of content, sequencing, faculty requirements, and facility and equipment needs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Cognitive Objectives, Course Objectives, Curriculum
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Pufahl, John – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1986
Describes a teaching strategy using Apple IIe computers in a sequence of individual conferences. Includes asking questions while scrolling through the paper, showing students how to elaborate ideas by entering suggested changes and prompts in capital letters during the conference, and using a spelling checker to prompt revision (e.g., by compiling…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Freshman Composition
Martin, David S. – 1987
Ninety-one hearing-impaired students entering Gallaudet University received systematic cognitive instruction focusing on specific generalizable skills, in the contexts of their regular college classes. The students were given practice in skills of organization, comparisons, analysis, classification, following instructions, temporal relationships,…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Deafness
West, Jonathan – 1992
It is argued that a functional-notional syllabus is practical and useful for second language instruction at the college level. It constitutes a natural progression from secondary school curricula that emphasize communication in that it uses the same basic organization and similar categories. However, it differs from them in that it pays particular…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Desjardins, Linda A. – 1987
Since engineering graduates and other technical students are frequently expected to document their projects as well as present such material orally, a Speech and Technical Writing course was designed at a New Hampshire college to prepare students for both technical writing tasks and oral presentations of their material. The course provides an…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Content, Documentation, Engineering Education
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