University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CENTER ANALYZES CURRICULA AND INSTRUCTIUN The Center seeks to determine what a student has to learn and how he is to learn it through its process of analysis and. later, trial programming. Since its primary interest is the student, critical feedback from students is also valuable in projecting new instruction methods. After redesigning a course, the Center finds student volunteers to test it. For example, a class of eight selected students taught by a staff of five is part of a recent testing program for beginning German. Other departments using the Center’s services are the French, English, and Engineering Departments. I Students are not alone in ques- f tioning what they should be gaining from their courses and what would make their learning more effective. ( The Programmed Learning Center. created in 1962. has a similar con-! cern. Established for the dual purpose of research and service, the Center analyzes curriculum, teaching meth-| ods, and the human learning process in order to suggest more meaningful course programming. Its services ► are rendered upon request and are ; open to any instructional department ] of the University or to any individ- | ual instructors in a department. LEARNING The Programmed Learning Center provides service on request to instructional departments or individual instructors to determine what a student has to learn and how he is to learn it” through trial programming and analysis.

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The Ames Library of Southeast Asia is managed by Henry Sc ho I berg and has aided with research for five years. DONATED COLLECTIONS EXPAND THE LIBOARY'S FACILITIES Through the donations of Charles Lesley Ames, a St. Paul businessman. the Ames Library of South Asia was established on the fourth floor of Walter l.ibrary in 1961. Previously Mr. Ames’ private collection. this library is now a specialized department containing more than 80.000 items and emphasizing the history of Ceylon, Nepal. Afghanistan. Pakistan, and especially India. Among interesting exhibits here is a sectioned wall from a harem. hand-carved in leak about 1800. Under the direction of Henry Scholberg, the library is expanding its facilities to meet the growing requirements of scholars whose interests lie in South Asia. Walter Library functions as the heart of academic research activities for the University. Ranked tenth in the nation in volumes held (over two million) and constantly enlarging its collections, the library is the most popular place on campus: an estimated 9,000 persons use it on an average day between 8 and 5.

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Research Jor faculty and students and course work processing is done by the business School's computer. COMPUTER CENTER HANDLES RUSINESS RESEARCH Thanks to UN I VAC’s donation of a computer, the University of Minnesota has had a Business Administration C omputer ( enter since its receipt in 1961. Established to do research for faculty and students in the school of business, the Center has proceeded to undertake the processing of course work also. One recent project was the development of the Minnesota General Management Simulation, a management game run on the computer and now being used as a teaching tool in undergraduate business courses. Another project was the systematic tabulation of all undergraduate academic records, which makes the records more easily accessible to special researchers. Systematic computer tabulation of undergraduate academic records makes them easily accessible for the researchers' study and use.