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Johnson, Kent R.; Ruskin, Robert S. – 1977
The state of the art of behavioral instruction and examples of successful implementation of behaviorally-based college teaching are provided in this book. In Chapter 1, the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is covered, including a discussion of the problems inherent in traditional teaching methods that led to the development of personalized…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education
Appel, Victor H.; Roueche, John E. – 1978
The factors which contribute to the successful installation and assimilation of educational innovations were examined in relation to vocational/technical programs in eight post-secondary institutions. About 555 instructors, administrators, and non-teaching professional staff were surveyed regarding the level and extent of use of individualized…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adoption (Ideas), Community Colleges, Educational Innovation
Wray, Rosanne; Yaun, Peter H. – 1980
Two teacher educators at the College of Charleston (South Carolina) undertook a project to learn more about what happens in a public high school classroom, in order to make their college instruction more realistic. The instructors taught an advanced senior English class in an inner city high school, and a group of college students from Education…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, College School Cooperation, Education Majors, Educational Objectives
Ericksen, Stanford C., Ed.; Cook, John A., Ed. – 1979
A compendium of reports of experimental instructional projects and educational programs generated by teachers at 10 midwestern universities is presented. Most of the items report changes in a particular discipline area, but these arrangements can frequently be adapted for use in other departments and interdisciplinary programs. Subject matter…
Descriptors: Advertising, Art, Biology, Chemistry
COULSON, JOHN E. – 1967
AN INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED AS AN INTERIM APPROACH TOWARD WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS BEING DEVELOPED BY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION UNDER A CONTRACT FROM THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL LABORATORY FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. IT…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology, Electronic Equipment
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
The More Effective Schools project, an effort to make the schools better able to solve the basic reading and arithmetic problems of disadvantaged children, brought about a reorganization and expansion of the teaching and administrative staffs of elementary schools in New York City. The combined black and Puerto Rican population in the project…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
1967
This report of the First National Conference of the U.S. Office of Education Tri-University Project in Elementary Education (a project to study what goes into the education of teachers and to picture optimum learning situations for children with the aim of improving the education of teachers) includes a list of conference participants; an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conference Reports, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
Smith, E. Brooks – 1968
A new interinstitutional instrument for cooperative teacher preparation and curriculum development is needed, preferably to "emerge from a partnership of the old institutions with universities taking leadership under the encouraging sponsorship of state departments of education." A "cooperative clinical teaching center" would focus on both staff…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Individualized Programs
Hughes, John F.; And Others – 1968
Summer educational programs held in 7 California school districts and funded by Title I, ESEA, are described in this issue of Focus on Innovation. Programs of remedial instruction and enrichment were developed to assist the educationally disadvantaged, primarily in the area of communication skills. Selection of students, framework of the programs,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Riessman, Frank – 1965
This conference paper maintains that to more effectively motivate disadvantaged students certain basic changes within the school system must be made. Educational intervention should not be limited to preschool education. The use of indigenous nonprofessionals in the schools may benefit the older disadvantaged student by providing him with a role…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
Parsons, Gary L. – 1976
This study examines the faculty workload policy of a community college that makes extensive use of non-traditional, innovative teaching methods. To measure workload, a mathematical equation whose sum was expressed as 100% was designed to include five factors: instructional hours, number of preparations, weekly student contact hours (WSCH), outside…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Computation
League for Innovation in the Community Coll., Los Angeles, CA. – 1978
This proceedings contains the full texts of five keynote speeches: "The Continuing Challenge of the Disadvantaged Student" by Nolen Ellison; "Fostering Creativity in the Teaching-Learning Process" by Norman Watson; "From Junior College to Community College and the Significance of the Change" by John Dunn; Robert Heinich's "From Learning Theory to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Reports
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Guymon, Ronald E. – 1978
An innovative classroom-based approach to reading instruction in the context of Spanish instruction was proposed. The effects of this instruction on the pronunciation ability of students were analyzed. The subjects were 30 adult missionary trainees who had no previous exposure to Spanish. The dependent variable was measured using two instruments.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Adult Education, Adult Students, Educational Research
Gerlach, Ronald A.; Lamprecht, Lynne W. – 1975
The practitioner-oriented book provides objectives and goals, learning activities, resources, teaching techniques, and other sources helpful for K-12 teachers developing, planning, and implementing law education programs in the social studies classroom. The first chapter examines the role of the law and society, goals for instruction, and law for…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
Borton, Terry; And Others – 1975
The Philadelphia City Schools engaged in a four-year program to develop and test dual audio television, a way to help children learn more from the massive amounts of time they spend watching commercial television. The format consisted of an instructional radio broadcast which accompanied popular television shows and attempted to clarify and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Commercial Television, Educational Radio, Educational Research
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