The intent of this article is to present a case study of the formative stage of evaluation of the two-semester high school course in American Political Behavior developed by the author. (JB)

A critical review tracing the key policy decisions on freshman composition courses in college curriculums, and a suggestion that all the attention given to the course by teachers and professional associations may not merit the net results. (DS)

A 36-item list of references is appended. (JES)

To make psychology course content more relevant to college students, popular television presentations can be used to illustrate psychological concepts. Students in a theories of personality course wrote brief essays explaining the behavior of their favorite TV characters. (RM)

The policy of treating student evaluations of their courses and instructors as a straight-forward measure of good teaching invites abuse. The applicability of the "journeyman principle" to college faculty members is discussed. How this principle would result in a radically different approach to the measurement of good teaching is examined. (RM)

Argues that a series of video programs based on Borg's minicourse model could help to resolve some of the problems related to the training of speech therapists. A description of one specific video course is presented along with reports on its evaluation. Eleven references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Reviews arguments for and against student evaluation of faculty instruction. Discusses the following alternatives to rating scales: mail questionnaires, telephone interviews, observer evaluations, in-class discussions, weekly logs, and students' course descriptions. Offers guidelines for refining and implementing these alternatives. (PD)

Objectives, methods of instruction, and evaluation of a preclinical decision-making course are described. Objectives were for reading and writing clinical algorithms and clinical decision analysis. Taped interview problems are found a promising tool for measuring decision-making skills. (MSE)