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Download full textLambert, Glenda M. S. – 1999
A program was implemented to help improve 12th grade Honors English students' writing skills through conferencing. The targeted group consisted of 13 students who experienced difficulties in writing effective written pieces. Their writing included fragments, run-on sentences, and improper use of punctuation. On the Stanford Achievement Test given…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High Schools, Honors Curriculum, Instructional Effectiveness
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Honors programs are not a major part of the community college curriculum due to the colleges' focus on providing access to nontraditional students, as well as the feeling of some community college educators that honors programs are inherently elitist. A 1975 survey found that only 47 of 644 responding institutions had formalized honors programs. A…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Bump, Jerome – 1993
The electronic classroom proved particularly effective in dealing with racism, sexism, and homophobia in an honors English class, in part because it facilitates teaching by modeling rather than by dominating. Synchronous software facilitates diversity better than the usual collaborative learning group whose goal of tailoring discussions to reach a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Mail, English Instruction
Fuller, Lawrence B. – 1990
An honors seminar at Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) investigated the story of Jesus as it has evolved in different media over nearly two millennia. Initially the students studied two gospels with contrasting versions of the life of Jesus, in order to explore the process whereby oral material is transcribed into written form by different…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Christianity, Cultural Influences, Film Study
Weaver, Laura H. – 1984
Acknowledging that in this age of technology students need to learn how to integrate the values of both the humanities and science/technology, this paper describes a special nonclassroom, noncredit program to that end for college freshman honors students at the University of Evansville (Indiana). Following an introduction, the paper discusses the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum
McKeague, Patricia M. – 1984
Drawing from a literature review and experiences at Moraine Valley Community College, this paper examines the role of the community college honors program in meeting the special needs of superior students; analyzes the characteristics of effective and innovative programs and curricula; and discusses how an honors program can become…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
deBlas, Deborah, Comp.; And Others – 1988
The advances of two-way cable television are discussed in this teachers' guide, which presents materials that have been developed as suggestions for teaching a two-way television course for advanced placement (AP) or honors students in foreign languages. The materials for the course, which is designed to enable students to study these languages…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Cable Television, Curriculum Guides, Educational Television
Friedlander, Jack – 1982
In summer 1982, interviews were conducted in the Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Maricopa County, Miami-Dade, and St. Louis Community College Districts to determine: (1) the prevalence of honors programs in the districts; (2) reasons for initiating the programs; (3) types of honors programs and activities in use; (4) admissions criteria for honors…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Colleges, Enrichment Activities, Honors Curriculum
Leider, Robert – 1982
Academic scholarships for college students are identified, including all the major merit programs--federal, state, private, and collegiate. Detailed information on 80,000 collegiate academic awards are presented by state and 845 schools as follows: name of the program, number of awards, value range of the award, class standing and grade point…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Awards, College Students, Eligibility
San Marcos Unified School District, CA. – 1983
The honors program described in this language arts curriculum guide has three components: language study, literature, and composition. The first section of the guide describes the language study component, which deals with content areas, general objectives, and performance strategies. The second section discusses the combination of literature and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Writing, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Dubois, Betty Lou – 1979
A course in communications skills for the biomedical sciences is a component unique to the New Mexico State University MARC Honors Undergraduate Program. The program seeks to identify and assist minority students who show evidence of having clear potential to perform at a high level in the biomedical sciences and who show a determination to enter…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Students, Communication Skills, Course Descriptions
STEIN, RUTH S. – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ENROLL IN LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE TO TAKE STANDARD TRANSFERABLE COURSES OF COLLEGE LEVEL PRIOR TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. PERFORMANCE DATA AND GRADE POINT AVERAGES WERE GROUPED FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR EACH DEPARTMENT OR SUBJECT AREA. ON THE SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average
Lewis, Lanora G.; And Others – 1963
This publication presents an analytical summary of theories and problems of the honors approach in relation to programs for superior students who plan to enter the teaching profession. It describes some of the problems encountered with the establishment, operation, and evaluation of such programs, and suggests what their impact may be upon the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Conference Reports, Curriculum Problems, Educational Problems
Peer reviewedOry, John C.; Braskamp, Larry A. – Research in Higher Education, 1988
A study is reported of how students in an honors program and a transition program for academically disadvantaged students, as well as students in the regular curriculum, become engaged in a variety of experiences and how their quality of effort in the activities is related to student growth and development. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Extracurricular Activities
Peer reviewedMalaney, Gary D.; Isaac, Paul D. – College and University, 1988
A study of the statistical relationships between gender, undergraduate area of study, undergraduate grade point average, further educational plans, and student participation in an honors program both (1) confirms earlier research about gender-related differences in educational plans (2) and suggests that fewer graduates are pursuing further study…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Followup Studies, Grades (Scholastic)
