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Download full textSuczek, Robert F.; Alfert, Elizabeth – 1970
An experimental college program has been developed to provide a different, less structured program for the first two undergraduate years for 150 students at the University of California. Program content is focused on the study of four periods of crisis and change in western civilization. Students and faculty will read from primary sources, holding…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Environment, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Reiser, Robert A.; Sullivan, Howard J. – 1978
Results of a study that investigated the effects of instructor-pacing and self-pacing in a personalized system of instruction (PSI) course on student withdrawal rate, achievement, and attitudes are discussed in this speech. Sixty-two Arizona State University students enrolled in a political science introductory research course were randomly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Benjamin, Barbara Cohen; And Others – 1976
The Learning Skills Center (LSC) at Los Angeles City College is an individualized learning laboratory which offers assistance to students in communication skills and quantitative skills, and provides tutoring in all college-level courses. ISC's programs are diagnostic and prescriptive, and services are available to students on both voluntary and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate
Mink, Oscar G.; Watts, Gordon E. – 1973
The Advanced Studies Program (ASP) at Southeastern Community College (Whiteville, North Carolina) is a developmental studies program that offers freshman courses in English, biology, and psychology to approximately 75 students. Learning activities are individualized and self-paced, and each ASP course has behaviorally stated objectives.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling, Developmental Programs, Dropout Rate
Taylor, Virginia – 1977
A study was performed to examine the attitudes of adult students toward a new mode of instruction (individualized instruction including modularized self-paced units) and to determine course effectiveness in terms of completion rates and final examination results. The subjects were sixty-five adult students who were enrolled in two calculus classes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Calculus, Dropout Rate
Stice, James E. – 1975
Progress on the University of Texas personalized system of instruction (PSI) project is described. Twelve courses in the College of Engineering and five in other colleges were developed for PSI under a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Each of those courses has now been offered at least once, thus making it possible to begin evaluating…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Course Evaluation
Lipman, Jeanne E. – 1976
A field test of the Automated Instruction Shorthand System (Random House) was conducted at the University of Northern Colorado Laboratory School to determine its suitability for future implementation in Colorado schools. The multisensory instructional program conditions the rapid recall of Gregg symbols through use of animated sound color films…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Business Skills, Classroom Research
SCOTT, JOHN J. – 1966
THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF 3,635 STUDENTS FROM EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED SCHOOLS WAS COMPARED WITH STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOLS WHERE HIGHER SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVELS PREVAILED. RESULTS REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH REGARD TO (1) LANGUAGE ARTS, (2) READING ACHIEVEMENT, (3) AREAS OTHER THAN LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING (ARITHMETIC AND PROBLEM…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
