This self-study book contains 25 lessons in practical mathematics. The lessons include: (1) multiplication and division of whole numbers; (2) the four basic operations with fractions and decimals; (3) understanding mathematics symbols; (4) using formulae and solving and checking simple equations; (5) percentage problems and applications; (6)…

This programed textbook introduces Russian imperfective verbs of motion. The text explains the verbs and includes questions in the text with blanks for the student to fill in. The answers are found on the following pages. The book is devoted primarily to five major Russian verbs of motion (those of locomotion and conveyance) in their determinate…

This text is one of a series of technical monographs on literacy in development whose purpose is to give technical help to literacy workers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is divided into the following ten chapters: (1) What is programmed instruction?; (2) Who are you going to teach?; (3) What subject matter are you going to teach?; (4)…

Each self-teaching unit is designed to teach a specific concept or skill. A unit consists of: (1) a stated performance or behavioral objective, (2) activities to enable the student to achieve the objective, and (3) a test to determine whether or not he has succeeded. This booklet begins with a description of the performance objective, and several…

The "Purplebook" is an essential part of the "Greenbook System"--an integrated sequence of five programs (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon) for professional development of college educators. The Alpha program is designed for college seniors or graduate students preparing for careers in higher education. Purplebook Alpha…

This manual is designed to accompany the student's text in a self-instructional course intended to assist the student in attaining a high degree of competence in French pronunciation and a basic knowledge of how French sounds correspond to the writing system. The material is divided into ten chapters. Each chapter has three parts: (1) conversation…

This series of 20 books by 21 contributing authors begins to incorporate in one place descriptions of the various instructional design formats and strategies which have been tried and tested with students. Each instructional design is described within a common layout of six basic sections to make it easier to locate the corresponding information…

Most methods used to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet or any other phonemic or phonetic alphabet are long and tedious. This book teaches transcription by use of a simplified programmed method which challenges the learner while maintaining interest. A short, sequenced version for initial learning is offered, as well as a quicker review…

The programed instructional text is designed to offer health professionals basic information about hospital practice. It is divided into four major hospital areas: liability; the medical staff; using the hospital; and the physician and standards of quality care. The section related to using the hospital takes up half of the text and develops…

This volume is designed to introduce students to spoken Italian. It covers virtually the entire sound system of the language and introduces the basic grammatical categories (gender, number, unit noun markers, person, tense). Although verb forms are for the most part limited to the present tense, a few other forms, including past and future tense,…

This self-instructional course is the second volume of the basic course in French. The material is divided into 12 chapters. Each of the first 11 chapters contains a dialogue, followed by notes concerning the dialogue, a list of useful expressions and vocabulary, vocabulary exercises, and questions on the dialogue. The subjects of the dialogues…

This self-instructional course is designed to help students in attaining a high degree of competence in French pronunciation and a basic knowledge of how French sounds correspond to the writing system. The material is divided into ten chapters. Each chapter has three parts. Part One is the presentation of a short dialogue for memorization. It…

This document describes a procedure designed to enhance the effectiveness of teaching in intermediate and advanced English as a second language (ESL) classes. The procedure consists of letting students express themselves in writing in their native language (whether French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, or Italian) and having the same students the…

This is the first of a two-volume basic course designed to help students reach a level of proficiency which will enable them to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations. The dialogues, drills, situations and narrations have been tape-recorded unless otherwise indicated in the text. For beginning students, the twenty-four…