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Download full textKucha, Deloros H. – 1977
A feasibility study was conducted to examine in detail, analyze, and describe the development and operation (system effectiveness and efficiency) of a patient learning center in a MEDDAC, and to provide such information to the Surgeon General for use in planning future health care delivery to military-care eligible beneficiaries. Study objectives…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Programs, Feasibility Studies, Health Facilities
Johnson, Tanya – 1987
A listening laboratory was developed at Evergreen Valley College (EVC) in accordance with procedures used at the college's individualized instruction laboratory. Steps taken in developing the laboratory included: (1) the director of the Learning Center Instructional Laboratory was interviewed to determine the procedure for establishing the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Objectives, Learning Laboratories
State Univ. of New York, Alfred. Agricultural and Technical Coll. – 1972
A Multimedia Learning Laboratory Program was developed at a post-secondary vocational campus to: (1) provide help in reading, math, and study skills for students with inadequate educational backgrounds, (2) provide a means by which students may enter a program at times other than the start of the school year, (3) facilitate articulation of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Instructional Materials, Laboratory Equipment, Learning Laboratories
Houston Univ., TX. Dept. of Business Technology. – 1972
The purpose of this 3-month research project was to develop, evaluate, and implement a distributive education program of instruction leading to a Bachelor of Science in Technology degree at the University of Houston. Intended for use also as a statewide model, this interdisciplinary curriculum utilized extensively in its development research…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Distributive Education, Distributive Education Teachers, Interdisciplinary Approach
Welch, Wayne W.; Ward, William H., Jr. – 1975
This study was designed to assess two projects implemented by the Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) program. The program is based on the belief that elementary school students learn mathematics, science, social science, and language arts skills quickly by investigating practical problems taken from the local school and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education
Schaier, Barbara T., Ed. – 1979
Some common problems faced by administrators developing tutoring programs in postsecondary education institutions--development of program goals, how to select and train tutors, and evaluating and monitoring program effectiveness--are addressed in this booklet. In the first of four sections, eight articles address the purpose and design of various…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Study Centers, Individual Instruction, Learning Laboratories
Jacoby, Liva – 1973
This report describes and evaluates the Clarifying Environments Program (CEP), an innovative attempt by the University of Pittsburgh to improve educational environments in the community through university-community interface. The first part of the paper presents the goals, theory, and history behind CEP. Implementation of CEP learning labs for…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Blacks, Community Involvement
Wilson, Milton P. – 1973
The purpose of the demonstration programs in intensive instruction for low-achieving students was essentially to enable school districts to establish and operate exemplary and innovative projects to improve the competence of junior high school students in reading and mathematics. Thirteen original projects moved into their third year of operation…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Individualized Instruction
Chapel, Edward V. – 1994
This report describes the development of the Brooklyn (New York) College Learning Center (BCLC), which provides direct academic support services to students, staff development services, and new technologies for instruction and support services. The report used information available from institutional databases and information from research efforts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Compensatory Education, Educational Technology
PDF pending restorationHoliman, Marjorie A., Ed.; And Others
The Career Information Center (CIC) handbook is designed to serve as a reference work or blueprint containing a rationale and specific how-to suggestions to support and guide the user's development of a CIC that fits local needs. The format of the handbook is intended to indicate the major steps in the planning, development, and operation of a…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Advisory Committees, Career Education, Information Centers
Brownell, Winifred W.; Watson, Arden K. – 1984
Acknowledging that one of the most difficult challenges postsecondary educators must face is the maintenance of adequate student enrollment, this paper describes the creation of a speech communication laboratory as one component of a university-wide effort to maximize student retention. The paper first discusses several suggestions researchers…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Basic Skills, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
de Rowe, Cora – 1979
The Learning Center at Glendale Community College is described in this four-part report which also evaluates the success of the Center in meeting the needs of new, nontraditional students. Part I reviews the literature dealing with the high dropout rate of nontraditional students admitted via the "open door" and provides definitions for the terms…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Dropouts, Educational Testing
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1976
Tabular data, computer printouts, survey forms, and field notes are included in these appendices to an independent evaluation of the Basic Skills Learning Centers (BSLC) Projects implemented by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL). The wide range of supporting data focus on project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Field Studies
Glover-Smith, Alma J.; Bell, Bernadette S. – 1981
Written for teachers, coordinators, and supervisors, this manual describes the structural content of Project SELEP (Survival Skills in English Learning Experience Program). It indicates areas of concern in planning, establishing, and evaluating classes emphasizing survival skills for daily living appropriate for the foreign born adult in an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1976
Detailed program descriptions and discussion of research methodology are included in this independent evaluation of the Basic Skills Learning Centers (BSLC) Projects implemented by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) and designed to improve basic reading and math instruction in nonurban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Reading, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education
