This document presents a model for conducting a community college counseling needs assessment. The assessment process is divided into three phases: (1) The target group is identified, and data about it is gathered in a carefully planned way. (2) The goals of the counseling program are established, and activities are identified which could be added…

Management by Objectives (MBO), provides student personnel administrators some help in responding to the complexity of a constantly changing student community. MBO is a goal- and result-oriented process for effective management. A major MBO assumption is that people work better if they are clear about goals, if they help in setting their own job…

This report results from a meeting between five teachers who wanted to (a) dicuss performance and behavioral objectives, (b) work together outside their teaching fields, (c) edit objectives written by one another, and (d) develop materials that could be used in writing them. Five sample objectives are given, each dealing with a different…

This paper describes a program designed to prepare teachers to teach reading. Nine general objectives and 10 categories of behavioral objectives are listed. For each objective within the program, the student will have at least two choices of instructional modes. In addition, students may plan their activities for achieving a stated objective by…

A learning model emphasizing objective-based instruction and learning style flexibility was tested in conjunction with a combined English 101-Social Science 101 course at Miami-Dade Junior College, Florida. During the spring 1970 semester, an experimental group of 34 students was provided weekly with objectives and the following five learning…

Described is a method by which a classroom teacher may apply the systems approach to the development of the instructional segments which he uses in his daily teaching activities. The author proposes a three-dimensional curriculum design model and discusses its main features. The basic points which characterize the application of the systems…

The Presbyterian Guidance Program, the major emphases of which are on educational and occupational guidance, was evaluated from a variety of perspectives. Two speakers took an objective look at the program and center, defining their concern with "normal" youth, and discussing such aspects as: (1) accessibility of the service; (2) locations of the…

This guidebook on minimum course content presents a study of the nature and methods of proof, using Euclidean geometry as a model. A more rigorous and formal course than usually offered, it is intended for the student who plans to study advanced mathematics. Overall course goals are specified, a course outline is provided, performance objectives…

As a result of the emphasis on accountability in education, the faculty of Colonel E. Brooke Lee Junior High School wrote basic and advanced instructional objectives for each course in the curriculum. This publication lists these performance objectives for each subject at grade 7. The purpose of such a system is to give parents and students an…

As a result of the emphasis on accountability in education, the faculty of Colonel E. Brooke Lee Junior High School wrote basic and advanced instructional objectives for each course in the curriculum. This publication lists these performance objectives for each subject at grade 9. The purpose of such a system is to give parents and students an…

As a result of the emphasis on accountability in education, the faculty of Colonel E. Brooke Lee Junior High School wrote basic and advanced instructional objectives for each course in the curriculum. This publication lists these performance objectives for each subject at grade 8. The purpose of such a system is to give parents and students an…

This is the third in a series of four guidebooks on minimum course content designed to develop geometric concepts intuitively, using the "slides, flips, and turns" approach developed by the University of Illinois, Committee on School Mathematics. Topics include the development of the concept of symmetry, triangles and quadrilateral…

This study describes the job goals and communication patterns of staff in a coalition of student personnel offices at a large urban university. The sample was comprised of 174 professional staff members in 15 different offices that are part of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities).…

This report of a survey of research and perspectives on national planning for higher education is organized in two sections. Section I of this report reflects the collective professional assessment of the views held by staff members of approximately 36 research agencies on planning, the existing state of planning, the several federal aid…

Two sections of a reading methods course were selected to determine the effect of affective and cognitive treatment sessions upon the attitude and performance of preservice teachers. School children with reading problems were tutored by the preservice teachers, and the children's attitudes and reading abilities were tested. The pre- and post-test…