This presentation gives a general overview of the part-time student within the realm of the non-traditional student; provides a description of the Part-time Student Grant Program at Iowa State University; shares the results of a survey given to grant recipients; and provides recommendations for other institutions interested in similar innovative…

Twenty secondary school foreign language classes in Wisconsin were monitored to determine how foreign language class time is used. The target language was used 79% of the time. Teachers made 61% of the target language utterances, suggesting that insufficient time was being spent on student practice. Two percent of class time was devoted to…

Information on tuition and living accommodation costs at Canadian universities for 1979-80 and 1980-81 is presented. Accomodation costs are for university-operated residences and housing and not for accommodation in off-campus private quarters. The costs do not include transportation and personal expenditures. The Canada Student Loans Program is…

The paper suggests that new values created by modern forms of leisure have intersected with critical changes in the work structure to form a new social pattern. The new pattern emerges from a crisis in industrial societies. Factors which have created this crisis include the rupture of the time frames of society (how work and non-work are…

In the area of aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) research, an outcome variable which has received relatively little attention is differential student learning times, or students' relative learning efficiency on one treatment as opposed to another. Although it has been argued that learning times are not appropriate variables for evaluating…

A three-month observational study was conducted to determine the time allocated to each subject matter in six elementary school classrooms and the specific time allocations for skills within the language arts and reading curriculum. Teachers recorded their instructional activities through daily self-observation logs and weekly planning schedules,…

EMPHASIS ON THE TRANSFER CURRICULA AT NASSAU COLLEGE NECESSITATES A POLICY OF SELECTIVE ADMISSION BASED ON PREDICTION OF PROBABLE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE COLLEGE PERMITTED STUDENTS WHO WERE INITIALLY INADMISSABLE FOR FULL-TIME STATUS TO TRANSFER FROM A PART-TIME, PROBATIONARY STATUS AFTER COMPLETION OF THREE EVENING COURSES WITH A…

THE APPENDIXES FOR "AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TRAINING AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY MAINTENANCE WORKERS, FINAL REPORT, VOLUME I" (VT 004 006) INCLUDE (1) TWO LETTERS FROM PLANT ENGINEERS STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING MACHINERY MAINTENANCE WORKERS, (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAINTENANCE TRAINING SURVEY, A SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE,…

ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE USE OF TEACHERS AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PERSONNEL INTERESTED IN THE AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMED LEARNING MATERIALS, THIS GUIDE IS BASED ON THE PROGRAMED MEDIA COLLECTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CENTER, OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, IT WILL BE UPDATED AND PUBLISHED TWICE A…

TWO SETS OF STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED WHICH DEALT WITH PROBLEMS OF TEACHING MACHINE PROGRAMING AND TEACHING MACHINE DESIGN. ONE SET DEALT WITH THE VARIABLE OF STUDENT RESPONSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER TEACHING MACHINE PROGRAMS SHOULD REQUIRE STUDENTS TO MAKE AN OVERT RESPONSE, AND IF SO, WHAT TYPE OF RESPONSE. A SECOND SET DEALT WITH…

THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED TO AID SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SLOW LEARNERS AND POTENTIAL HIGH DROPOUTS. THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC EDUCATION, ENCOURAGE A SUCCESSFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORLD OF WORK. APPROACHES AND METHODS ARE GEARED TO THE SLOW LEARNER, AND MATERIAL IS PRESENTED WHICH WILL BE FUNCTIONAL…

The following issues facing university recreation programs in the 1980's are discussed: 1) the leadership role of the university in the community, 2) disbursement of available funds, 3) collaboration between the university and community agencies, 4) professionalism in the recreation field, 5) inservice training programs for specific agencies…

This concept module on rate is one of thirteen modules that provide a flexible, laboratory-based physics instructional package designed to meet the specialized needs of students in two-year, postsecondary technical schools. Each of the thirteen concept modules discusses a single physics concept and how it is applied to each energy system. This…

This concept module on time constants is one of thirteen modules that provide a flexible, laboratory-based physics instructional package designed to meet the specialized needs of students in two-year, postsecondary technical schools. Each of the thirteen concept modules discusses a single physics concept and how it is applied to each energy…

This experiment assesses the effects on initial expectancies of time-limited (12 sessions) counseling, of the interaction of time limits with the chronicity of the client's problem, and of the rationale given for time limits (time limits effective/appropriate vs. a long waiting list). Eighty female college students were asked to place themselves…