It is argued that students find it difficult to reap the full potential of television case study programs, and find it particularly difficult to integrate this material with the material contained in correspondence texts. The difficulties could be explained by examining more closely the various dimensions of a television case study:…

The effectiveness of a Training Extension Course (TEC) as a means of increasing the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) proficiency of Army personnel was evaluated. TEC was implemented by the Combat Arms Training Board using sound/slide as the basic media for 56 lessons. Training material relevant to MOS 11B40, Light Weapons Infantryman, was…

This course guide describes an elective speciality course on critical/intensive care nursing. A rationale for the course is followed by general information, including a description of the theoretical and clinical course components, an enumeration of major goals and objectives, a detailed outline of the units of instruction, a calendar of…

Course instruction was manipulated to yield two different levels of structure in an exploratory analysis of the effects of course structure on student satisfaction in 166 introductory educational psychology students. Results suggest that student satisfaction for different degrees of course structure depends on personality attributes. Seven…

This study examined the results of a mandated in-service training program, HR-18, designed to provide information and experience for school employees to help them improve their abilities to interact with and understand minority individuals. Data were obtained from two employee groups. The participant group consisted of school employees enrolled in…

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between student conceptual level and attitudes toward four methods course components: theory, content, method, and experience working with children. Research findings have indicated that a match between student conceptual level and course instructional mode result in significant…

Two studies investigate whether the placement and/or wording (either positively or negatively) of diagnostic rating scale items influenced student responses to the global items in the evaluation of a course of instruction. The Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) developed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign was used to…

Five American Educational Research Association symposium papers (1979) are provided. "The Program Analysis Phase of Instructional Systems Design: Details of Phase II" (E. Curtis) describes the program analysis subsystem within the context of a systematic approach to instructional design, and reviews the process of carrying out such an…

An innovative, off-campus course offered by the nursing department at Moorhead State University in Minnesota is described. The course was implemented to meet the requirements of nursing students living in rural towns located some distance from the university department of nursing. This curriculum innovation is examined as a change process that was…

THESE DOCUMENTS ARE SOME MATERIALS USED IN A GRADUATE TRAINING COURSE ON TEACHING THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE SAMPLES OF AN ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRE, A COURSE EVALUATION FORM, AND A BACKGROUND INFORMATION BLANK WHICH PARTICIPANTS FILLED OUT AS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AGENCY WHICH…

IN COOPERATION WITH THE CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, THE PORTLAND OREGON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM FOR IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. OBJECTIVES WERE TO WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES IN PREPARING IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF ALL SUBJECTS AND GRADE LEVELS, TO TRAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AS IN-SERVICE EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS, AND TO FIND METHODS…

A laboratory taught by a graduate assistant, a programed instruction textbook, and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) were evaluated comparatively as supplemental instruction in a graduate course entitled "Statistical Methods in Education" at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The experimental population of 64 students was…

The outcomes of 1333 students enrolled in Chemical Educational Materials Study (CHEMS), Chemical Bond Approach (CBA), and a traditional chemistry course were compared on the basis of grade and ability level. For the total group, students taking CHEMS and CBA performed significantly better on the American Chemical Society Cooperative Examination in…

An evaluation is presented of the Reese Air Force Base, Texas, Airman Development Course which was designed to be a continuation of the airman basic military training conducted at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The Airman Development Course was prepared by training personnel at Reese Air Force Base. The purpose of the course was to increase the…

This document describes and evaluates a high school chemistry course developed to promote formal reasoning in students by increasing opportunities for self-regulation and to increase student understanding of chemical concepts by making instruction relevant to their developmental level. General results indicate that students enrolled in the course…