Employee and facilitator manuals are provided for two courses developed for a workplace literacy program: Communications on the Job I and II. Each 10-session course begins with a preassessment and ends with a postassessment. Components of each 2-hour session are objectives, informational materials, and problems or exercises. The facilitator copies…

Employee and facilitator manuals are provided for two courses developed for a workplace literacy program: Mathematics on the Job I and II. Each 10-session course begins with a preassessment and ends with a postassessment. Components of each 2-hour session are objectives, informational materials, and problems or exercises. The facilitator copies…

The curriculum guide describes a hands-on publishing activity center as a means of encouraging student improvement in basic skills. Arranged into three parts, part 1 gives program administrators a general program overview, program goals, content area applications, tips for creating a program, information about necessary equipment and supplies, and…

This volume is one of three in a self-paced computer literacy course that gives allied health students a firm base of knowledge concerning computer usage in the hospital environment. It also develops skill in several applications software packages. Volume II contains materials for three one-hour courses on word processing applications, spreadsheet…

This module on Collection Management and Administration introduces the student to circulation systems, records management, collection management, and interlibrary loans. The capabilities and limitations of various types of circulation systems and how to charge out and discharge materials are discussed. Units also cover how to use statistics; how…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in planning and implementing training sessions. Discussed in the first three sections are the following topics: the importance of a planned approach to training; implementation of instruction (job instruction and the learning process, the step-by-step approach to training,…

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the terminology and issues/concepts of special education. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the distinction between normality…

This practicum was designed to enhance the school and home learning environments of 20 neurologically and perceptually impaired students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Participating students received daily regular class and resource room instruction. Needs assessment measures revealed that little learning characteristic data were available…

This module is designed to familiarize students preparing to be special education teachers with the physical needs of the exceptional student. Information is given on how to structure an adaptive physical education program designed to meet those needs, including development of an individualized education program (IEP). The module covers such…

"Alaska's Image in the Lower 48," is the theme selected by a Blue Ribbon panel of state and national leaders who felt that it was important for students to explore the relationship between Alaska's outside image and the effect of that image on the federal programs/policies that impact Alaska. An overview of Alaska is presented first in…

This combination curriculum and workbook, which was originally developed for use in a training workshop, is intended to assist adult educators in learning to market their adult literacy programs. The first chapter reviews basic marketing concepts (the definition of marketing, 10 truths about marketing, marketing versus promotion, steps in…

The expository and creaive writing of Native American high school students enrolled in a summer program at Colorado College sponsored by TRIBES (Tribal Resource Institute in Business, Engineering, and Science) is featured in this document. Part 1 presents a simulation problem in energy and resource management followed by reports submitted by 28…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in helping students explore the effects of changing circumstances on a turkey farm and use a microcomputer to analyze the results. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job programs…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in helping students integrate the daily recording of milk yields with computer analyses of records and interpretation of the results. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in helping students understand the effects of various cooking methods on the taste and appearance of food. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job programs to familiarize youth…