Describes a teaching method designed to interest students in a technical writing course during the first two weeks. (RB)

Describes program organizations and the scope of course offerings in high schools of different enrollment classifications. (Author)

The complexity of counseling-related legislation has dictated the need for counselor-training programs to develop an organized and systematic approach to this topic. A graduate-level seminar is described in terms of goals, objectives, structure, and requirements. (Author)

Describes how to teach a 6-unit English course in career investigation and planning. (DD)

Describes the formulation and implementation of a curriculum for a one semester undergraduate elementary computer-assisted statistics course. (JY)

Describes characteristics of the University of Missouri at Columbia's feature-writing course: heavy assignment loads, strict grading, absolute deadlines, and emphasis on publication. (KS)

Describes the author's rationale, method, and evaluations for teaching a graduate course in ethics and psychology. Discusses the use of a pre-assessment instrument to evaluate student achievement, examines student responses to the course, and considers future teaching directions. (Author/GEA)

Describes how the author teaches a four-week course on the Vietnam War giving attention to the books, films, and guest speakers used. States that the course enables students to understand the significant and complex issues raised by the war so that they can appreciate the different truths contained in diverse perspectives. (GEA)

Describes a course that provides students with a fundamental understanding of the chemical, catalytic, and engineering sciences related to the chemical reactions taking place in a variety of reactors of different configurations. Also describes the eight major lecture topics, course examinations, and term papers. The course schedule is included.…

Describes a course designed to provide the necessary academic study prior to students engaging in the practice of irrigation engineering. Rationale for the course, course structure, and special features of the course are included. (JN)

The process control sequence at Auburn University consists of two four-credit hour lecture courses and a two-credit hour laboratory course. Descriptions of the courses and of the laboratory are provided. Various comments about the sequence are included. Authors report that students are better prepared in process control under this sequence. (JN)

Describes a college demography course which teaches demography as an analytic discipline, stressing demographic concepts, data interpretation, and evaluation skills. Five course goals are specified and instructional techniques and exercises used in the course are presented. (JDH)

Describes course objectives and procedures used to teach college undergraduates to use a statistical package to explore large-scale computer-based demographic databases. (JDH)