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Clark, George M., Ed. – 1976
This newsletter presents some insight into the program "Seventy-Six in '76," the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) collegiate minicourse program. This program is one utilizing an audiotutorial, self-paced approach. Information relating to the program's conception, its development, and the product itself is presented. The…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Disabilities, Higher Education
Menker, Barbara W. – 1974
The program to provide basic health information and skills for older persons was sponsored by the city of Palo Alto with the cooperation of 14 health agencies. Weekly morning classes featured 12 topics ranging from exercise to coping with cancer and were presented by health professionals in as nontechnical a manner as possible. The classes were…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Geriatrics, Health Education, Health Programs
Paw Paw Public Schools, MI. – 1970
This project is based on the premise that a low self-concept can handicap a child's academic and social achievement to such a degree that a pattern of failure, frustration and "school dropout" is evidenced. The project design included the development of a 12-month program in three phases: (1) summer session, during which relationships…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Camping, Individual Differences, Individualized Instruction
Ellis, William Russell, Jr. – 1969
From March 1966 to September 1967, participation observation field work in the black community of South Central Los Angeles was done to investigate certain ideological and organizational developments after the riot of August 1965. The study focused on "Operation Bootstrap," a small self-help job training organization, which was a relatively direct…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Community, Doctoral Dissertations, Inner City
Rhoden, Bruce – 1974
Presented is a Learning Activity Package (LAP) study concerned with the concept of organic evolution. Contained in this LAP are the rationale for studying the concept, a list of objectives (stated in behavioral terms) for the student to accomplish, a list of reading references and audiovisual aids (filmstrips with cassette tapes, teaching tapes),…
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials
Holland, Bill – 1974
Included are three Learning Activity Packages (LAP) studies for use in high school physics instruction: Time and Measurement Function; Force, Work, and Momentum; and Momentum, Work, and Energy. Each LAP contains a rationale for teaching the material included, student objectives (stated in behavioral terms), a list of resources (readings, problems,…
Descriptors: Energy, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL. George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. – 1967
As one in the series of programmed instruction handbooks, prepared by the U.S. space program, home study material is presented in this volume concerning familiarization and orientation on basic eddy current principles. The subject is presented under the following headings: Basic Eddy Current Concepts, Eddy Current Generation and Distribution,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Electricity, Instructional Materials, Postsecondary Education
Bertrand, Alvin L. – 1972
The basic issues covered in this paper are (1) the determination of whether there is a clear rationale for a sociology of development and (2) a determination of the divergent strategies for the implementation of development programs which have advantages that transcend the preservation of certain philosophical orientations and political…
Descriptors: Community Change, Cultural Context, Definitions, Economically Disadvantaged
Oines, Ronald K. – 1971
A self-paced individually prescribed instruction system at the introductory level of astronomy was studied, using 118 students to illustrate its effectiveness in comparison with a lecture-demonstration method. Seventeen terminal behavioral objectives served as the basis for the self-paced system. Subjects were divided into two sections, each…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Behavioral Objectives, College Science, Comparative Analysis
New York Inst. of Tech., Old Westbury. – 1973
Samples of the Self-Paced Physics Course materials are presented in this collection for dissemination purposes. Descriptions are included of course objectives, characteristics, structures, and content. As a two-semester course of study for science and engineering sophomores, most topics are on a level comparable to that of classical physics by…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
New York Inst. of Tech., Old Westbury. – 1970
Three review segments of the Self-Paced Physics Course materials are provided in this volume which is arranged to match study segments 1 through 14. Each of the three segments is composed of a set of problems and solutions, and accompanied by its own individual study guide. The problem set is designed as a back-referencing system, and the…
Descriptors: College Science, Instructional Materials, Mechanics (Physics), Physics
Branson, Robert K.; And Others – 1971
As a supplement to the principal reports, descriptions are given in this report for the development, validation, and installation of the Self-Paced Physics Course at the U. S. Naval Academy. Following an executive summary, an introduction to course characteristics, and an overview of the project, statistical tests are discussed in connection with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Curriculum Development, Physics
Zdravkovich, V. – 1976
This booklet is one of a series of 17 developed at Prince George's Community College, Largo, Maryland. It provides an individualized, self-paced undergraduate organic chemistry instruction module designed to augment any course in organic chemistry but particularly those taught using the text "Organic Chemistry" by Morrison and Boyd. The…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
Zdravkovich, V. – 1976
This booklet, one of a series of 17 developed at Prince George's Community College, Largo, Maryland, provides an individualized, self-paced undergraduate organic chemistry instruction module designed to augment any course in organic chemistry but particularly those taught using the text "Organic Chemistry" by Morrison and Boyd. The…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
Zdravkovich, V. – 1976
This booklet, one of a series of 17 developed at Prince George's Community College, Largo, Maryland, provides an individualized, self-paced undergraduate organic chemistry instruction module designed to augment any course in organic chemistry but particularly those taught using the text "Organic Chemistry" by Morrison and Boyd. The…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
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