An in-class survey of 683 continuing education students was conducted at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to obtain information on: (1) student characteristics, including age, sex, family characteristics, income, educational background, occupation, area of residence, distance to class, sources of information about JCCC, and method of…

This guide, one of a series for various grade levels, contains Some Essential Learner Outcomes (SELOs) for career education in junior high schools in Minnesota. (The SELOs are selected samples of knowledge statements considered as essential learning outcomes for students in each of the subject areas taught in schools.) These SELOs for the junior…

These assignments and text for a secondary-postsecondary level correspondence course in electronic communications comprise one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose of the individualized, self-paced course is to provide…

A guide to help identify strengths and weaknesses of study abroad programs is presented. Questions about the major components of these programs are listed, along with answers illustrating the most positive and negative responses. The components are classified under four headings: basic information, academic aspects, interaction with the host…

Information on enrollments and student characteristics at Washington state community colleges is provided in this report for fall 1982. After introductory material and report highlights, tables provide data on headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment for fall quarters 1978 through 1982; FTE and headcount by course intent category;…

The study indentified all K-12 and 1-12 public school districts in the United States enrolling less than 300 students (n=1,414) and those enrolling 301-900 students (n=2,711), collected and analyzed data related to superintendents, school districts, teachers, students, and school programs, and gathered data that might be useful to colleges of…

This issue of "The New Campus" contains 14 articles that allude to or deal directly with the quality of continuing education programs. Articles and authors are as follows: "A Study of the Use of an SCA-FM Broadcast System for Teacher Inservice Education" (Charles Koelling and Richard Robinson); "The Changing Role of Adult Education" (Ben J.…

In this set of six booklets on graphing, intermediate grade students learn how to choose which kind of graph to make; make bar graphs, histograms, line graphs, and conversion graphs; and use graphs to compare two sets of data. The major emphasis in all Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) units is on open-ended,…

The historical and descriptive data provided in this report offer an overview of enrollments and finances in the community colleges of Maryland. Section 1 reviews enrollments in postsecondary education between 1955 and 1982, percentages of residents enrolled in colleges by city or county, birth rates between 1961 and 1981, and actual and projected…

This publication, one of four academic courses developed for the Vocational Education for Special Students (VESS) program, is designed to serve Course Content; Units of Study; Curriculum Guides; *Learning Activities; academic curriculum to complete their local high school program. The course is to be taught in conjunction with a vocational…

The National Science Foundation funded a project to: (1) identify major areas of science education research in which sufficient studies have been conducted to permit useful generalizations for educational practice; (2) conduct meta-analyses of each of these areas; and (3) prepare a compendium of these meta-analyses along with interpretative and…

The Seniors Teaching Seniors project was conducted at the Columbia University Brookdale Institute on Aging and Adult Development to train older adults to communicate more effectively their skills and expertise. Older adults were to develop teaching skills so that they could conduct classes at senior centers. Two older-adult volunteers were…

This course, adapted from military curriculum materials for use in vocational and technical education, is the second of a two-course series that teaches students to maintain and repair automotive and construction equipment using either gasoline or diesel engines. It covers basic chassis and power train troubleshooting, diagnosis, and adjustment…

This paper discusses demographic changes in Japan, the sources of pleasure of the retired Japanese senior citizen, and lifelong learning. It also describes a study that examined learning preferences of Japanese senior citizens. Data for 1983 show that life expectancy has increased in Japan to 74.20 years for males and 79.78 for females. The level…

Described is a K-12 integrative arts program of the Schmerenbeck Educational Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, designed to help gifted and talented children develop an understanding of the nature of creative thinking as expressed through different art forms. The report discusses how the program defines talent; how gifted students are identified…