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Preparedness for Tertiary Chemistry: Issues of Placement and Performance of Academic Development Programmes
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Potgieter, M.; Davidowitz, B.; Mathabatha, S. S. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
The introduction of an outcomes-based curriculum in South Africa together with a new syllabus for physical sciences for grades 10-12, prompted the development of an instrument to monitor conceptual understanding in chemistry at the secondary-tertiary interface. This instrument was used to evaluate placement within different programmes at tertiary…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education
[Catalogues of Third Country Training Resources in East, Near East, and South Asia. Volumes 1 and 2.]
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Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Office of International Training. – 1971
Both of these catalogs are part of a series of four official AID publications covering both academic and non-academic training opportunities. These two in particular were developed to encourage increased use by Asians of the regional training resources designed to assist them in the economic and social development of their countries. The…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Catalogs, Community Development
Resources for Student Learning. Research Report: 1977. National Project II: Alternatives to the Revolving Door.
Cooke, Winnie B. – 1977
In order to provide educational opportunities for all students while preventing the "open door" from becoming a "revolving door", Southeastern Community College (North Carolina) established the Resources for Student Learning (RSL) program. During 1976, a comprehensive evaluation of the success and/or reasons for failure of current and former RSL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions
Development of a Model Preparatory Business Program for Educationally Disadvantaged Students. Occupational Education Exemplary Project Final Report.
Martin Community Coll., Williamston, NC. – 1978
A preparatory business program was developed to allow educationally disadvantaged business students enrolled in developmental studies (remedial reading, English, and math courses) to obtain a full course load of twelve or more hours without having to enroll in regular business courses. To develop a model business preparatory program for adaptation…
Descriptors: Bookkeeping, Business Education, Business Skills, Career Guidance
Cincinnati Technical College Developmental Education Program.
Marcotte, James – 1984
Information is provided on the Developmental Education Program offered at Cincinnati Technical College for students who have been accepted conditionally into one of the health, business, or engineering career programs at the college. Sections I and II outline the rationale for and goals of the developmental education program. Section III describes…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs, Grading, Program Descriptions
Building the Bridge: Inservice Training for Teachers of Educationally Disadvantaged. Final Report: July 1, 1980-August 31, 1981.
Bitterlin, Gretchen – 1981
This three-part report describes the Bridging Program at San Diego Mesa College (SDMC), a basic skills program to prepare students functioning at the 7th grade level or below and to thus provide a bridge between developmental education and adult basic education (ABE). Part I begins with a review of the program's background and a list of its…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education