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Download full textUtah State Univ., Logan. Merrill Library. – 1993
This manual describes the library instruction program taken as a part of English 200/201 at Utah State University. This manual is meant to be read after completing Project FORE, a computer-assisted instruction program at Merrill Library (Utah State University). Project FORE and this manual review the skills needed to retrieve information on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Higher Education
McNeil, Joanne – 1982
The effectiveness of individual and group-administered library instruction using two presentation formats (slide-tape and programmed self-instruction) was tested using 39 randomly-selected high school students enrolled in average-ability sophomore English classes. Following a classroom unit introduction by the librarian for both groups, one group…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Autoinstructional Aids, High School Students, High Schools
Higbee, Jeanne L. – 1989
A model that includes three distinct syllabi for orientation courses for different subgroups of the college or university freshman population is presented. Among the groups with special needs are underprepared students who may be motivated but need skill development, and underachieving students characterized by untapped potential. One means of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions
Parsons, Adelaide H.; Perdreau, Cornelia – 1983
Designed for faculty who are new to the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE), this handbook is intended as an orientation and basic reference guide. The OPIE is described as a program established at Ohio University in 1967 to offer intensive or semi-intensive English language training for non-native speakers who need English for academic study…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Faculty Handbooks, Foreign Students
Davis-Dike, Janice – 1987
To increase the participation of child caregivers in mandated inservice training provided at a metropolitan adult/vocational center, changes were made in the curriculum and classroom environment and the research literature was reviewed for ways of activating adult learners. Several specific program innovations were implemented, including the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment, Discussion
Crawford, William W.; Giblon, Mary Lee – 1983
One part of the foreign student orientation program at Georgetown University is a videotape production written and acted by students of English as a second language (ESL). The production's two-year development began as a class project in an advanced ESL oral language class. Students discussed the problems of foreign students, organized their ideas…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education
Althen, Gary – 1980
This guide examines the problem of providing orientation for foreign students attending U.S. universities. Ideas and suggestions for the design and conduct of orientation programs are provided. Inherent constraints that may impair program success are enumerated, including erratic student arrival times, lack of motivation to participate in…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), College Environment, Cultural Differences
Deller, Don K. – 1980
Educators in Indiana's Duneland School District found the transition from elementary schools to a newly organized middle school unacceptably difficult for both the students and their parents. After assessing student and parent preconceptions of the middle school as revealed in their responses to questionnaires, the middle school principal…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Orientation Materials
VanAusdle, Steven L.; Peterson, James – 1979
Orientation materials are provided in this handbook for newly appointed members of vocational education advisory committees at Walla Walla Community College (WWCC). In a question/answer format, the handbook first describes the role and functions of advisory committees in relation to the provision of high quality educational programs, adequate job…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Administration, Community Colleges, Guidelines
DANCE, FRANK E.X.; AND OTHERS – 1966
DURING JUNE 1966 OVER 100 RETURNED PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS (RPCV'S) PARTICIPATED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE SPEECH COMMUNICATION CENTER RPCV DISCUSSION LEADERS' ORIENTATION PROJECT. THE PROJECT CONSISTED OF SEMINARS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE RPCV'S ACCEPT AND ADAPT TO THEIR NEW ROLES AS TRAINING PROJECT STAFF MEMBERS. IN THIS REPORT ARE…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Skills, Discussion Groups, Group Discussion
Drier, Harry N., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1975
The document is the third of a subset of six instructional packages focusing on teacher orientation to career education. It focuses on career education theory, goals, philosophy, and the concepts that are important to school staffs as the bases for implementation guidelines. The lessons also attempt to promote a thorough understanding of career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
Drier, Harry N., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1975
The document is the fifth of a subset of six instructional packages focusing on teacher orientation to career education. The two lessons included in the module are designed to aid inservice teachers in the identification and understanding of the value of cooperative relationships within the school and the community and the potential contributions…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Planning, Educational Development, Group Activities
Drier, Harry N., Jr., Ed.; Martinez, Nancy S., Ed. – 1975
The module is one of a series of eight developed to provide inservice training for administrators of career education programs. The focus of the module is on the determination of needs as a prerequisite for implementation of programs in career education. The major lesson topics are: (1) the importance of needs assessment in career education, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Litwin, James; And Others – 1976
In the Fall Quarter, 1975, the University Division of General Studies introduced a University Seminar Program whose aim was to provide new students, freshmen and transfers, with a more humanistic introduction to Bowling Green State University. The results and conclusions of the evaluation study regarding the first year of the program's operation…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences
Carter, Nancy B. – 1969
This annotated bibliography contains sections divided according to area of study, and within each category materials are listed alphabetically by publisher. Publishers and mailing addresses are listed at the end of the bibliography. Throughout the annotations, whenever specific grade level divisions are not named, the regular Adult Basic Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, English (Second Language), Family Life Education
