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Download full textFlores, Norma Landa – 1997
This paper describes how results of the Golden West College Speech Department's program review led to the alignment of performance-based communication prerequisite and outcome expectations for: student placement recommendation; consistency of course curriculum and sequencing; measures of content-based competencies; and measures of…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Walker, Carolyn – 1981
The learning assistance center at a California university offers a carefully designed learning program for faculty and staff in the areas of reading, writing, and time management. The goal of the reading efficiency course is to improve reading speed without loss in comprehension. Tests are given throughout the course to monitor progress, and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Faculty Development, Inservice Education
Hornby, Peter A. – 1995
In 1987, a computerized laboratory component was incorporated into a traditional lower division, lecture-oriented, cognitive psychology course at State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. At first, eight computerized experiments were available for students to participate in as subjects, while students were simply assigned the activities…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction
Lasher, Edward – 1984
The addition of the application and use of microcomputers to the academic programs at the University of Akron's College of Education was a gradual process. During the early 1970's, with acceptance by both the administration and the faculty and some budgeting support, a university-wide Computer Based Education Center was established, and the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Fago, George C. – 1995
Based on the assumption that a hands-on approach would enable students to better grasp the usefulness of concepts presented, a course and laboratory component in non-experimental research methodology, statistics, and computer applications for beginning students was implemented at Ursinus College, in Pennsylvania. The course meets 3 hours a week…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation
Rozema, Hazel J. – 1985
A laboratory approach to instruction is employed in the basic speech communication course at a southern university. Approximately one-third of the semester is spent on public speaking and performance assignments, while the remainder of the course focuses on interpersonal communication. During the oral performance part of the course, half of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Class Organization, Class Size, Course Content
