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Pyfer, Julene Newland – 1972
The Experiment at Butte was a demonstration project designed to determine the effectiveness of the Joseph Tussman education model in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. Its major purpose was to combine in lessons the teaching of reflective skills with the teaching of ordinary ABE skills. To implement the Tussman model, three experimental…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives
Gunderson, Doris V. – 1973
Recognizing the demand for teaching concepts in teacher education programs, the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development in 1970 initiated an effort to train educational personnel to develop and use protocol materials--instructional materials, usually employing audio tape, video tape, or film, intended to illuminate a concept by showing…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
Hobbs, D. J. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Description of a study which formulated a model of the cognitive processes involved in learning statistics material via computer assisted learning (CAL) focuses on mode of presentation (aural or visual), sequence of the material, and previous mathematical experience. Textual analysis is discussed and implications of the results for design of CAL…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Svensson, Lars; Ekenstam, Tobias – 1998
One obvious reason that teachers hesitate to create Web sites for their distance courses is the lack of computer/technology skills. Other teachers who know how to create a well-structured course site are put off by the fact that it takes a lot of time to maintain it. Thus there is a risk that the course site will be ill-structured and poorly…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design
Brinkworth, B. J.; Eckersall, K. E. – 1985
A project was conducted to design and pilot a scheme for monitoring trade/industry/commerce technological changes and reporting them to Technical and Further Education (TAFE) teachers and authorities. A matrix of information categories was used to facilitate the collection and storage of information relative to technological advancements in the…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Bulletins, Data Collection, Foreign Countries
Stakenas, Robert G.; And Others – 1986
The research and development (R&D) projects funded by the Florida Division of Vocational Education are intended to have utility for vocational educators in their efforts to improve vocational education programs and practices. This project was conducted to determine why some R&D products are accepted by potential users while others are not…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Diamond, Robert M. – 1989
A systematic approach to the improvement of courses, programs and curricula in higher education is presented in the following chapters: (1) "Benefits of a Systematic Approach to Course and Curriculum Improvement"; (2) "Making the Decision to Create or Redesign a Course or Program"; (3) "Selecting a Design Team and Establishing Goals and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Course Content, Course Evaluation
Wright, Calvin E.; And Others – 1984
A Vocational Education Act special project was funded to develop and implement a model to facilitate the use of exemplary vocational education programs and materials for special needs populations. The special needs populations of concern were disadvantaged, limited English proficient, handicapped, and displaced homemakers and students in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1985
This booklet describes the development and content of a model staff development pack for use in training teachers to incorporate the techniques of computer-based learning into their subject teaching. The guide consists of three parts. Part 1 outlines the aims and objectives, content, and use of the pack. Described next are seven curriculum samples…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Glossaries
Mullen, Dana – 1981
According to a 1981 study, the Life Skills Program that was developed by Saskatchewan New Start over a decade ago is still very much needed to improve the life situation of economically disadvantaged adults. At present, the overall rationale for the Life Skills Program is contained in collections of articles written at successive stages of program…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Asche, F. Marion; O'Reilly, Patrick A. – 1979
In a four-section final report with its focus on methodology rather than on findings of particular follow-up studies, this project addresses two needs--to identify, review, and analyze vocational student and employer follow-up efforts at local, state, and federal levels, and to prepare training materials useful to individuals or groups at all…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Material Development
Sebolt, Alberta P.; And Others – 1969
The major reason for using the outdoor history museum as a field laboratory is to provide for small in depth studies of "real life" problems relevant for today's students. An authentic New England village of 1790-1840 provides the background for the sequential development of various concepts in the social studies learning unit. Concepts are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Resources, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design
Fraser, Dorothy McClure, Ed. – 1969
This volume contains a comprehensive collection of chapters which have been organized around the critical decision-making areas of curriculum development or reform. The critical areas discussed are: the conceptual structure or framework; curriculum organization (i.e. sequential approach, interdisciplinary approach); behavioral objectives; program…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Citations (References), Conceptual Schemes
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Chambers, Ellie – Staff and Educational Development International, 1997
Examines recent attempts by the Open University to widen access to higher education in the United Kingdom through provision of distance-taught access materials which may be studied prior to enrollment in the undergraduate program. The materials development approach taken is a discourse model which arises out of a view of learning as a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education
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Ntiri, Daphne Williams, Ed. – 1994
The Adult Literacy and Evaluation Research Team (also known as Project ALERT) was a project conducted by the Detroit Literacy Coalition (DLC) at Wayne State University in 1993-1994 to develop and pilot a user-friendly program model for evaluating literacy operations of community-based organizations throughout Michigan under the provisions of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Black Education, Blacks
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