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| Junior Coll J | 1 |
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| Axtell, Dayton | 1 |
| Berg, Ernest H. | 1 |
| Bullard, Richard F., Ed. | 1 |
| Dunn, John W. | 1 |
| Dyste, Ron | 1 |
| HOPPER, HAROLD H. | 1 |
| KELLER, HELEN | 1 |
| Palmer, Beverly W. | 1 |
| Schmidt, Roger | 1 |
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Dunn, John W. – Junior Coll J, 1969
Innovative courses and programs at Laney College and Merritt College include encounter groups, job placement, and environmental studies. (MS)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Experimental Programs, Instructional Innovation, Two Year Colleges
Download full textHOPPER, HAROLD H.; KELLER, HELEN – 1966
BY A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING, 274 STUDENTS WERE ASSIGNED TO THREE SECTIONS OF 56 STUDENTS EACH AND FOUR SECTIONS OF 28 STUDENTS. EVALUATION OF THE INSTRUCTION IN THE LARGE AND SMALL GROUPS INVOLVED ANALYSIS OF TWO ESSAYS AND INSTRUCTOR-STUDENT EVALUATIONS. WHILE THERE WAS SOME VARIATION IN STUDENT PREFERENCES, THE RESULTS OF THE PRETEST AND THE…
Descriptors: Class Size, English Instruction, Experimental Programs, Two Year Colleges
Bullard, Richard F., Ed. – 1968
These 17 curriculum studies by faculty members of San Joaquin Delta Junior College were funded under Title III of The Higher Education Act of 1965. They were intended to help initiate new courses, improve existing ones, or plan for future ones. Each project report gave its objective(s), the general methods for its development and completion, the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs, Innovation
Schmidt, Roger – 1971
In the fall of 1965, San Bernardino Valley College conducted a modified "college within a college" experiment with six faculty and 34 students participating. It was hypothesized that a smaller unit, with access to the facilities of a larger unit, would have a basis for establishing an interdependence and sense of community. This pilot…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, College Planning, Experimental Programs, Program Development
Berg, Ernest H.; Axtell, Dayton – 1968
This in-depth study sought to identify effective programs for disadvantaged students through the use of student and faculty questionnaires. The shortage of evaluative research and criteria of effectiveness preclude making a qualitative judgment on the relative success of the programs or offering a model program. The commonest program is the series…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations, Experimental Programs, Poverty Programs
Dyste, Ron – 1970
Los Angeles City College in 1969-70 successfully conducted an experimental study on the Mobile Advisement Center (MAC) as an effective means of enhancing the extent and quality of information on the college reaching low-income communities. MAC is housed in a modified mobile home, 28 feet long and eight feet wide, containing four counseling…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Educational Counseling, Experimental Programs, Guidance Centers
Palmer, Beverly W. – 1975
This report reviews the goals and basic organization of interdisciplinary courses and programs in California community colleges. It notes the problems and benefits of such an approach and cites five essential qualities of successful interdisciplinary teaching. The major problems of such an enterprise are: often courses are too broad;…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Educational Objectives, Experimental Programs, General Education
