Describes an effort at Radford University to incorporate oral communication training, activities, and evaluation into business courses. Provides background information about Radford's marketing research course, details the oral communication training and activities in the course, and reviews student reactions to the activities. (PRA)

Describes a course that integrates individual and collaborative group assignments while requiring students to work through multiple drafting processes involving teacher and peer intervention. Outlines specific assignments. Addresses issues such as establishing collaborative groups, analyzing group dynamics and writing processes, and the role of…

In a course entitled "Introduction to Parageography," offered at the University of Texas at Austin, students study classic literary works in which authors create imaginary landscapes, then create and document their own imaginary worlds. The purpose is to get students to use and develop their creative imaginations. Student response has…

Compares traditional and nontraditional curricula in the area of organization of information and proposes a new model for organization of information in which information is redefined and cataloging is perceived as a mode of organizational behavior. Some implications of this model on the core curriculum for organization of information are…

Describes a communication course in organizational models and metaphors. Discusses teaching philosophy and six course units, including an exercise in organizational fieldwork. (SR)

This article reports on the results of the National Core French Study (NCFS), a comprehensive research and development project undertaken throughout Canada between 1984-90. It first reviews the four syllabuses, strategies for student evaluation are discussed, and a model for French second-language teaching are described. (19 references) (VWL)

A law school course about the Constitution's history and theory in the era of its framers is described. The course explores their learning, ideas, and vision and examines the document's intellectual background, writing and ratification processes, major issues and alternatives confronted, and ideas about its function as a form of government. (MSE)

An upper-class college seminar-style course in which students work on semester-long research papers on a variety of anomalous claims and subjects is described. A list of topics chosen in the course and a copy of an opinion survey on paranormal and anomalistic phenomena are included. (KR)

The aerospace engineering curriculum at the U.S. Naval Academy which includes an astronautical and an aeronautical track is described. The objective of the program is to give students the necessary astronautical engineering background to perform a preliminary spacecraft design during the last semester of the program. (KR)

Presents an outline for a half-day seminar on gender differences in workplace communication, which can be modified for a class lecture/workshop in a graduate management communication or an undergraduate business communication course. Appends a role-play activity for use in the seminar. (SR)

Second-semester college freshmen (n=354) on academic probation participating in a one-credit study skills course had statistically significant improvements in grade point average, academic hours attempted, and academic hours earned during the same semester. Differences persisted after one and two years, and retention data also favored the…

The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine's recently established computer program involved creation of a lab with six microcomputers and design of a course in computer literacy for dentistry. Students (N=94) found the course appropriate in format and time, and self-reported knowledge increased in all but three subject areas. (MSE)

Discussed are the results of a survey of 92 chemical engineering departments in the United States. Semester hours, curricular area distribution including basic courses and electives, and staffing data are summarized and discussed. (CW)

Notes that limited attention has been given to the development of didactic and instructional courses addressing the needs of students. Discusses challenges facing family counseling training programs. Reviews model for didactic-experiential course and presents anecdotal, evaluative feedback given by former students. (Author/NB)

Discusses an approach to the teaching of reading in which case-by-case problem solving results in a bank of case knowledge about students with reading difficulties. Describes how this approach is taught in a secondary school pre- and inservice practicum class in reading diagnosis and remediation. (SR)