This study was an experimental investigation of two methods of
teaching students the cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills pertaining
to the automobile brake system. The methods investigated
were the experimental individualized learning system and the traditional
group-lecture and demonstration.
Experimental Design and Procedure
The experiment, conducted during the spring term...
Institutions of higher education are increasingly being held accountable and experiencing pressure to demonstrate how well their students are achieving intended learning outcomes. External and internal influences fuel this pressure. After decades of rhetoric on student learning outcomes assessment there remains a question of whether the practice has been fully...
The most important purposes of this study were to: (1) determine
the extent of cooperation and coordination that currently exists in
selected community colleges which have community school programs
in their college districts, and (2) clarify the multi-roles of community
schools and of community education in community colleges. Other
purposes...
Alcohol use/abuse among college students is a serious concern for
higher education. Despite efforts to address this problem student
use/abuse of alcohol continues. The purpose of this study was to
determine which of three alcohol education instructional approaches
more significantly impacted students' attitudes regarding the acceptance
of alcohol use/abuse. Three...
An increased cross-cultural interaction around the world is
being dictated by the ever increasing communication needs required
by business and national concerns. This increased interaction, and its
resultant inter-dependence, is often referred to as "Globalization."
Due to the effect of globalization on the business and education
environments, this study was...
The purpose of this study was to compare the changes in the
perception of the university environment that occurred in four selected
.groups of freshmen residence hall students: females residents in
single-sex halls (N = 150), female residents in coeducational halls
(N = 89), male residents in single-sex halls (N...
Internship and field experience programs have been used to
prepare educators for roles in public school teaching and administration;
junior college and university teaching, and adult education.
Based on a survey of the literature it is apparent that little attention
has been given to the role that these internship and...
The Purpose of the Study
The central purpose of this study was to determine the professional
education competencies of selected community college vocational
instructors. Respondents in the study included instructors of business
and distributive education. Major dimensions were the construction
and validation of a questionnaire for community college vocational
instructors;...