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Trapp, David C. – 1971
Intended for persons interested in further investigation of training programs and students or others contemplating careers in the health occupations, this report contains information gathered through: (1) surveys of institutions conducting health occupations training, (2) reviews of school catalogs, brochures, national publications, and research…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Degrees (Academic), Educational Finance
McGonnell, Peter C. – 1970
Adults from King's County, Prince Edward Island participated in a Basic Training for Skill Development (BTSD) program, designed to improve their reading and computational skills. A total of 101 males and 29 females ranging in age 17-60 years and 17-50 years, respectively, were enrolled. Instruction was given for 25 hours each week over a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Communication Skills
Ministry of Labour, London (England). Central Training Council. – 1966
Recommendations are given for introductory courses for potential and recently appointed training officers in British industry, particulary those of medium size. The course should cover a minimum period of 120 hours in an approved college; it should include sessions on the training function, assessment of training needs, formulating and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Course Descriptions, Industrial Training

Wollmer, Richard D. – 1973
A mathematical model for computer-aided instruction has been developed. The assumption is made that the course is divided into a hierarchy of levels of difficulty and that if a student is able to perform successfully at a given level of difficulty, he can also perform successfully at all levels of lesser difficulty. Furthermore, if a student…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Difficulty Level, Mathematical Models

Schlaefli, Andre; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1985
Fifty-five studies of a variety of education interventions designed to stimulate development in moral judgment, which used the Defining Issues Test, are reviewed. Results are discussed in terms of general treatment effects, program type, exposure to Kohlberg's Theory, subject age, and treatment duration. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Effect Size

Schaff, Eric A.; Hoekelman, Robert A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
The national experience with reduced-schedule residency training during the last 10 years is reviewed. Data on University of Rochester Hospital pediatric residents who chose a reduced-schedule training option between 1977 and 1984 are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Coping, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education
Roberts, J. Kyle; Henson, Robin K.; Tharp, Barbara Z.; Moreno, Nancy – 2000
Researchers investigated the optimum length of teacher inservice activities where increasing teacher efficacy was the goal. Participants were elementary science teachers from seven teacher enhancement projects conducted from 1992-99. The length breakdown of each program was: 1992--6 weeks; 1994--6 weeks; 1995--4 weeks; 1996--4 weeks; 1997--4…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education

Jones, Alan H. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1983
Issues that dominate debate about teacher education--teacher supply and demand, quality of college programs, and academic standards--may not be at the heart of the problem. The author argues for extended teacher education programs and increased public support for teacher salaries and college programs. (PP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Higher Education

Evans, H. C. – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1983
This paper discusses the connection between the restructuring of a preservice teacher education and the students' understanding of the working relationship between educational theory and teaching practices. An inquiry-based framework used for an extended degree program at a British university is discussed. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning, Educational Theories

Tewksbury, Susan; Harris, Glen – Journal of Environmental Education, 1982
Evaluated effectiveness of environmental education (EE) in northern New York public schools, determining the extent of EE curriculum/instruction, ascertaining problems previously reported in the literature as hindering implementation of EE, and examining relationships between EE and environmental knowledge of fifth-graders and relationships…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Grade 5

Markoff, Elliott L.; Procci, Warren R. – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
The performance of psychiatric residents with various lengths of medical primary care internship during their first year of residency training are compared. The results suggest that first-year residents without a traditional 12 months medical internship are not at a substantial disadvantage compared with those with a year's internship. (JMD)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students

Kassebaum, Donald G.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
In constant dollars, the average indebtedness of medical students has increased by over 59% between 1985 and 1995, while the proportion bringing debt with them to medical school declined. Public school graduates accrued debt averaging more than their tuition. Private school indebtedness varied. Little effect is seen on time to graduation, racial…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Economic Change, Educational Trends, Higher Education

Lovett, Clara – Planning for Higher Education, 1996
This article suggests that higher education is following an outdated model that does not reflect current educational needs. A number of suggestions for change are offered, including redesign of the academic year, departure from the traditional standardized college education to an emphasis on students' academic competence, reorganization of the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Planning, Curriculum Design

Robinson, Eric – Higher Education Review, 1997
In response to a United Kingdom government study of higher education, three questions are posed: "What is higher education and how does it differ from other forms of adult education that necessitates the separate, privileged treatment of its institutions, employees, and students?"; "What is the significance of the traditional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, College Role, Continuing Education

Vosti, Kenneth L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997
A study of 217 Stanford University (California) Medical School graduates found clerkship experience lengths from 12 to 23 months; the median was 18 months. A highly significant correlation was found between longer clinical training and higher scores on Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Results suggest that decreasing…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Curriculum Design, Higher Education