This article focuses on the grade-level outcomes to be assessed on middle school (grades 6-8) physical education. Specifically, the article describes how to teach basic tactics and strategies while applying fundamental movement patterns to the various game and movement categories (invasion, net/wall, target, fielding/striking, dance/rhythms, &…

This article addresses teaching for skill and knowledge competency in high school based on the National Standards and grade-level outcomes. The outcomes guide teachers away from a curriculum that emphasizes competition through team sports, which appeals to just the highly-skilled and competitive students, toward one that is inclusive of all skill…

This guide for the teaching of English at the Eighth Level centers around the improvement of reading while continuing to acquire knowledge in the subject area. The material in the guide is presented under the following topic headings: Rationale and Minimum Floors for Reading; Eighth Level: Point of View; Behavioral Objectives; Check List of Skills…

Project CAREER is a federally funded program to develop computerized behavioral objectives which will have relevance for career education in the 15 Office of Education occupational clusters for a multi-faceted approach in teaching marketable skills. The computerized data bank will be made available to all Massachusetts school systems. One element…

Materials contained in this curriculum guide are arranged for the classroom teacher as follows: a preface or "Foreword to the Teacher" begins each guide; following the preface is the day-by-day procedure written from the teacher's point of view, including title of activity (what the greater part of the day will be spent on), objectives, time line,…

As part of the overall goal of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help provide environmental professionals with the skills required to plan and deliver training programs, this participant reference manual, and its related staff guide, have been developed for conducting a workshop in basic instructional technology. The workshop consists…

As part of the overall goal of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help provide environmental professionals with the skills required to plan and deliver training programs, this staff guide, and its related participant reference manual have been developed for conducting a workshop in basic instructional technology. The workshop consists of…

This document begins with a discussion of the cognitive task analysis (CTA) that was commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration to identify the cognitive skills-related training needs of en-route air traffic controllers. Concluding the introductory section are a brief list of recommendations regarding the design of a training program…

This instructor's manual for workplace trainers contains the materials required to conduct a course on working in teams. The course includes six lessons for workers, two lessons for supervisors, and strategies for helping workers continue to develop the skills taught in the course. The following materials are provided for each course: lesson plan,…

This training package consists of materials for use in helping vocational rehabilitation clients develop conversational skills. The first item in the package is a trainer's manual that includes 11 lessons dealing with the following topics: when to start a conversation, the components of a conversation, greetings and opening remarks, techniques for…

Saskatchewan NewStart is engaged in developing new methods of adult training and counseling. The life skills course involves developing appropriate problem-solving behaviors in the management of personal affairs. The first 29 pages of this manual contain information and procedures for the teacher in setting up a life skills course in applied…

This teacher's guide is designed for use in presenting a five-unit course in effective communication that is part of a life skills series intended to help students become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. The course's five instructional units cover these topics: understanding communication, improving communication,…

This instructor's manual for workplace trainers contains the materials required to conduct a course in pre-statistical process control. The course consists of six lessons for workers and two lessons for supervisors that discuss the following: concepts taught in the six lessons; workers' progress in the individual lessons; and strategies for…

This curriculum guide was developed to help teach keyboarding skills for computer use at all educational levels, especially in Nebraska. Following a position paper that explores the rationale for teaching keyboarding, the curriculum guide is organized in eight units that cover the following topics: equipment; technique; keyboarding; formatting;…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to aid ten- and eleven-year-old students in becoming effective problem solvers, and to bring to attention the relationship between an individual's values and decisions. Skill in using a simplified problem solving technique introduced in the primary grades (Decision Making, Levels…