A course for improving Dutch reading proficiency of entering university students was developed by the Linguistic and Literacy Studies department of the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. Dutch secondary school students receive instruction in text-specific approaches to reading but no instruction in reading methodology. The course focuses on…

The document describes the Learning Disabilities and Emotional Disturbance Master's Degree Programs developed at Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas. Fourteen prerequisite and program course requirements are described. Each course description includes: specific course objectives, a general course description, the competencies associated with the…

Intended to provide social work educators, practitioners, and students with a resource for identifying films which depict varying aspects of homosexuality and society's responses to it, this annotated filmography lists over 100 films, most of which were produced between 1967 and 1983. Divided into three sections, films listed in Part I are…

Sheila T. Bell originated "The American Legal System", a course developed at Pine Manor last year to demystify the law, to inform American citizens who live in a highly legalized society of just what their rights and responsibilities are. (Author/RK)

An examination of the recent history of economic education attempts to evaluate teaching effectiveness in the USA and England, leading to several recommendations in goals and instructional methods. (KM)

Schools have devised an assortment of "change of pace" activities to retread tired routines and bolster drooping spirits. One such program is described by a member of the English department at Marple Newtown Senior High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. (Editor)

The article describes the contents of three training modules developed within the areas of personnel management and management development: (1) management and management development, (2) leadership and management, and (3) human relations and managerial effectiveness: how to get things done through people. Each module consists of a three day course…

Liberal arts colleges must take care against seeking to attract students by offering vocationally-oriented courses without solid foundations in theory. (Editor/PG)

This article reports the development of a mathematics course using the mastery learning model and a study of the relationship between learning rate and verbal and quantitative aptitudes. (Author)

A full course in digital computer repair is being offered by a Miami area vocational school. The course is a part of the industrial electronics program under the title of advanced electronic circuits and systems. (BP)

The article draws attention to severe faults in the design of the Oxford (1960) enquiry into Arts/Science specialization. (Author)

Enrollment was high and results were good when Morain Valley Community College presented a course, U.S. History: 1865 to the Present, in the local newspaper. Describes the course organization, course response and evaluation. (Author/PG)

A student's perspective of graduate level training in evaluation is presented. The primary focus is on the training of evaluators. A secondary focus is on the training of users of evaluation. The position presented in this paper is that (1) evaluation is a higher order skill comprised of many individual skills and skill sets or processes, (2) the…

Advocates student replication of experimental studies in communication as an effective method of instruction. Various approaches to related activities are noted. (MH)

Describes three assignments for vocationally oriented speech students: an informative talk, an instructional assignment in operations and maintenance, and a persuasive presentation. (MH)