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Download full textDonald, Janet G. – CCSHE Professional File, 1988
The improvement of instructional methods or the solutions of problems of an instructional nature requires information that is not usually part of the Canadian common experience and must be discovered by means of research. Types of fundamental and applied research are discussed, including action, developmental, evaluation, and diagnostic research.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewedGouran, Dennis, Ed. – The Central States Speech Journal, 1979
The focus of the contributions to this journal issue is communication theory and research. Following an introductory article that deals with the need for quality control in the criticism of communication research, eight articles offer discussions of the following topics: the nature of criticism in rhetorical and communicative studies, some issues…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication Research, Conflict, Discourse Analysis
Bertrand, Olivier – Training & Employment: French Dimensions, 1993
Since 1989, the French government has been developing a program to encourage forecasting studies on skills and training needs within the framework of a dialogue between the social partners. A review of the program showed that the forecasting studies have been conducted either by public research institutions or by private consulting firms. Some…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Employment Projections, Employment Qualifications
Lucas, John A., Ed. – Association for Institutional Research, 1986
Topics concerning the adult learner that are relevant to institutional researchers are addressed in four articles: marketing, predicting success for adult students, enrollment projection, and follow-up studies of adult learners. In "Institutional Research in Support of Marketing the Adult Student," Lydia Jurand notes the importance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, College Attendance, College Students
MacDougall, Peter, Ed.; Friedlander, Jack, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Recent mandates from state and accrediting agencies are requiring community colleges to provide evidence of their success in such areas as basic skills and remediation, general education, major-field content, student development, transfer effectiveness, job training, job placement, and fiscal accountability. This volume, in addition to describing…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Consortia, Data Collection
Sadtono, Eugenius, Ed. – 1991
A selection of papers on second language learning includes: "Second Language Acquisition Research in the Language Classroom" (David Nunan); "A Place for Second Language Acquisition in Teacher Development and in Teacher Education Programmes" (Rod Bolitho); "Dimensions in the Acquisition of Oral Language" (Martin Bygate, Don Porter); "The Learner's…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). Employment Support Services Branch. – 1985
This collection contains 24 articles dealing with career counseling and related research. Included in the volume are the following articles: "A Management Approach, Function and Counselling in Guidance/Application in the Federal Penitentiary Environment," by Pierre Dodier; "A Description of the Alternate School in Prince Albert,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Planning, Correctional Institutions
