An experimental multimedia gross anatomy program for freshman medical students at Emory University includes audiovisuals, computer-assisted instruction, and tutorial sessions using prosected specimens. No lectures or dissection are included. A comparative study shows that multimedia students learned human anatomy as well as those in traditional…

Techniques used to evaluate a laboratory course are outlined. Course organization is described briefly, followed by details of the methods of collecting information and the method of sampling the groups of students. Methods include questionnaire, informal interview, group interview, free response, and observation. (LBH)

The effect of increased enrollment is considered on: the provision of individual attention to students, degree of course rigorousness, student evaluation, and test construction. Results from Ohio State University suggest no evidence that increased enrollment has an adverse effect on scholarship. (LBH)

This study shows that college students taking a course as an elective have a significantly different perception of the course and the instructor than do students taking the same course as a requirement. (Author/RM)

The value of intensive commentary by subject expert teachers on Open University course materials is emphasized. The insights of someone who can alternate the role of reading as a student with that of reading as an expert and teacher are seen as significant in making substantial improvements to course material. (Author/LBH)

A method for making improvements in Open University coursework is reported and its effectiveness assessed. A model of developmental testing, when carried out in the year before presentation of a course, is shown to be a powerful tool for improving that course. Its main characteristics are summarized. (LBH)

This article presents a 35-item, scaled questionnaire including questions designed to elicit information from students evaluating language teacher effectiveness and perceived value of course content, plus data needed to determine relevant characteristics of surveyed students. Results of a survey using this questionnaire in university Spanish…

Describes effects on students of involvement in a social science research project. Students who participated in the project generally felt they had undergone a useful learning experience and would recommend a similar social science research course to fellow high school students. (Author/DB)

The Netherlands' higher education context and the problems of systematic evaluation are examined. The Free University's application of an evaluation model, AMOS, (Analyse Model voor het Onderwijs in A Studierichtingen) at the levels of institution, department, and course is described. (Author/MSE)

A course developed to fill a gap related to women's health issues in the University of Georgia's pharmacy curriculum is described. Specific discussion topics include pregnancy, obstetrics analgesic, drugs in breast milk, endometriosis, dysmenorrhea, and infertility. Course objectives and a course outline are appended. (Author/MLW)

A study of the relationship between college student course satisfaction, sex, and measures of self concept suggests that (1) course satisfaction is a dubious measure of course quality because of biasing by student characteristics, and (2) Erikson's theory of adolescence may be biased towards a masculine psychology. (MSE)

Describes Michigan State University's use of telephone interviews to assess student attitudes in television courses and reviews data from a recent survey and classroom students' grades or attitudes toward mediated instruction. Evaluation utilization by producers, faculty, and administrators to improve instructional television is noted. (Author/MBR)

A study of the feasibility of using integrated, computer-assisted instruction in a drug interaction course revealed that despite the high initial time and financial investment, the potential educational benefits and high student acceptance of the instruction supports its application in other curriculum areas. (MSE)

Discusses the content, advantages, and disadvantages of a syllabus designed to teach English as a second language in a number of primary school classes in South India. The syllabus is based on the assumption that "form is best learned when the learner's attention is on meaning." (SED)

Summarizes educational benefits of experiential learning from the literature, identifies course objectives, and describes a course offered by Department of Management at University of Central Florida. This course used experiential learning devices to teach students about personnel and staffing in organizations. Course outcomes and student…