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Peer reviewedBest, Linda; Lees, Brian – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2000
Summarizes the implementation of a new General Education Program at Kean University, which sets forth a vertical, skills-based curriculum. The program directly addresses developmental education, calling for a restructuring of ways to deliver it and a vision for incorporating it into the University curriculum. (VWC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change
McPhail, Irving P. – 1978
The purpose of this paper is to describe an institute on basic skills that was organized for faculty members at a historically black, public, four-year, urban-oriented, "open admissions" college. Specifically, the described institute was designed to develop positive faculty attitudes toward incorporating the teaching of basic skills into the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Faculty Development, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Leles, Sam – 1985
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the fit between program elements described in curriculum texts that are used to identify program designs and those elements of a program used in classroom settings to teach or implement a program. A secondary purpose was to identify and describe qualitative research techniques that are usable to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
Noel, Lee, Ed.; Levitz, Randi, Ed. – 1982
Program descriptions, articles, an annotated bibliography, and a survey report on programs and services for students who are underprepared for college work as freshmen are presented. The survey report considers program design and delivery strategies at about 300 colleges, and the program descriptions concern: advising, basic skills instruction and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedMatthews, Roberta; And Others – Liberal Education, 1996
College and university learning communities build a sense of group identity. Institutions are establishing them for varied purposes and student populations, including first-year interest groups, general education core courses, gateway courses, developmental and basic studies, honors programs, and work in the major or minor. For implementation,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Download full textJurmo, Paul – 1995
The final evaluation of an English-as-a-Second-Language and mathematics basic skills program, provided by a college, for limited-English-proficient workers in a manufacturing company, is presented. The program was originally designed to teach job-related skills, but was amended by managers to build worker self-esteem and worker participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Corporate Education
