Student Contact Hours Research Articles

Foreign Language Registrations and Student Contact Hours in Institutions of Higher Education, Summer 1969

ABSTRACT: The research reported herein was performed pursuant to Contract No. OEC‐0–8–071155–3708 with the Office of Education, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

An Experiment in the Teaching of General Psychology

In the teaching of general psychology, the most frequent practice in American universities for many years has been to offer a one semester, three credit course. Usually, under this plan, students hear three lecture discussions each week and read one general textbook in psychology. What was assessed in the present experiment was the effects of chang ing both the number of formal instructor student contact hours and the amount of required reading.