Since 1966 the Department of Business and Office Administration at the Jefferson Davis (JD) Campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College has conducted follow-up studies of all students who were enrolled in any of its courses. Between 1966 and 1970, studies of each student group were conducted at one- and two-year intervals; since 197l,…

This manual is the teacher's guide for the two mini-units "Observing" and "The Nature of Models," part of a series of units designed for non-academic high school students by the 1970 Senior High School Science Workshop Committee. Each unit consists of five lessons presented in the format: objectives, materials, references, teaching suggestions,…

Presents a study of the roblems of teaching physical science to the non-science major student, the author's goals for a physical science course, and a discussion of topics included in the course. (DS)

Secondary-level history instruction for the low ability student is considered, especially the interrelated issues of language, attitude, and course components. (SJL)

This study examined the kind of employment taken by male junior college graduates and related it to their college training, whether regular lower division (transfer) or vocational (terminal). A questionnaire was sent to 369 alumni of three California junior colleges three years after graduation; 276 of them responded. A year later, 28 of those who…

Describes steps in the development of science curriculum materials by Manchester heads of science. Twenty-nine units for use with low-motivated pupils were developed. (CP)

Describes a terminal, nonlab course in chemistry in a liberal arts college. Rationale, goals, procedures, and student evaluations are presented. (DS)

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY, A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION, WAS TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE OF SUCCESS SHOWN ON THE MATHEMATICS SECTION OF EMPLOYER'S SCREENING TESTS BETWEEN MATCHED GROUPS OF TERMINAL SECONDARY STUDENTS WHO VARIED IN HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS EXPERIENCE. A SAMPLE OF 45 EMPLOYERS, REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT…

THE CONTRIBUTION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES TO THE SUCCESS OF WORK EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES OF MALE ALUMNI IS INVESTIGATED. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM THE RECORDS OF THREE JUNIOR COLLEGES, QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO ALUMNI 3 YEARS AFTER THEIR GRADUATION, AND INTERVIEWS HELD WITH A SELECTED NUMBER OF GRADUATES. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED SERVES AS A DEVICE…

Objectives, practices, and characteristics of general education language arts were synthesized to serve as criteria for evaluating the efforts made by public two-year colleges to meet the needs of terminal students in general education language arts. Data obtained from questionnaires revealed that only 192 schools had a communications course which…

THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS OF AVERAGE ABILITY WHO ENROLLED AS FRESHMEN IN A CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGE DURING AN 11-YEAR PERIOD. THE SUBJECTS WERE THOSE WHO (1) SCORED IN THE MIDDLE 20 PERCENT OF NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE NORMS ON A COLLEGE APTITUDE TEST AND (2) EARNED IQ SCORES FROM 90 TO 110 ON…

This study describes moral dilemmas that young adults (ages 18-24) formulate spontaneously and examines the relationship between these dilemmas and the subjects' environment and scores on a standardized test. Fifty-two subjects were tested both in 1976 and 1978, creating 104 subject-oriented dilemmas. Thirty-two were in college, 17 were not, and…