A discussion of retrospective evaluation of student learning looks at the purposes, expectations, and values inherent in evaluation and proposes faculty-developed, course-based assessment as a controllable and beneficial evaluation method. (MSE)

This article provides guidelines for teachers who have limited computer experience and find themselves faced with establishing a computer typewriting/keyboarding course. (JOW)

Students training to be teachers in a one-year postgraduate course are presented with a choice of course methodologies. This article is a case study of one group that chose to operate as a democratic learning cooperative. The efficacy of this approach in preparing teachers for work in local secondary schools is discussed. (Author/CT)

Vocational education offerings can be linked with employment opportunities by identifying specialties and sub-specialties of the primary occupation and then listing the occupation titles to determine the training program's organization and to name its component courses and units. Such linkages benefit the employer, the school, and the student. (CH)

A course evaluation method is described in which the adoption of a desirable change is integral to the process of evaluation designed to motivate teachers, students, and other course organizers to improve and consequently change the structure, content, and conduct of the course when necessary. The course illustrated leads to a Postgraduate…

A computerized card game using 10 topics of French civilization and culture and four of language instruction is briefly outlined. The successful use of the game in class led to local and statewide competitions. (MSE)

Examines the underlying meaning of the phrase, "writing across the curriculum," its various administrative forms, and its implications for the faculties of colleges, particularly for English department faculties. (AEA)

Argues that successful content area reading lessons are well-structured lessons. Explains organizing concepts and how to use them. (FL)

Described is an integrated physical science course being developed for Australian high schools. Included are the course structure, explanation of three major units of the course, and the basic concerns prompting the development of the new course. (SL)

An exploratory study examined the effectiveness of a Public Relations Management course offered over a 6-month period in a 3-weekend accelerated curriculum format. The theoretical framework from which the study was designed is derived from Malcolm Knowles' andragogy theory of adult learning. The study investigated how students in the class…

Instructors who have put together a course to reach the distant learner can tell the nightmares of preparing and delivering a syllabus. Many are the instructors who have attempted and failed to teach a distance learning course when little or no thought was given to modifying the method of delivery or how to connect the distant and remote site…

A detailed description of and rationale for an effective tutorial method of teaching within a standard scheduling framework. (Editor)

Discusses the content and structure of the secondary school science program "Time, Space and Matter," and responds to an earlier criticism of the program published in this journal. (JR)

Shorthand courses at Brigham Young University have been organized to allow individual student progress using audio equipment and cassette tapes. Grading standards have been set up according to competency levels with immediate advancement available upon completion of each competency level. An evaluation of the program is included in the report. (DS)

Discusses the nature and structure of an interdisciplinary course with emphasis on the problem of how the nervous system receives, processes, and transmits information. Included is a description of the course teaching to junior and senior physics and biology majors. (CC)