Describes a self-paced high school chemistry program and its development over a 14 year period. Reviews the major evolution decisions resulting in the course as it is structured presently. (Author/SA)

First- and second-grade teachers were assigned to one of four conditions representing variations in consultation where they were required to teach a hypothetical child to add. Results suggested that behavioral consultation with task analysis was associated with significantly more teaching success than was control, medical model, and behavioral…

Described is a model for developing and implementing criterion-referenced instructional units. Advice concerning the development of units and tests as well as classroom organization and management are provided. (SD)

One of a series of documents produced by a nationwide network of early childhood education specialists, teachers, parents, and Head Start staff, the document contains a language arts skills continuum to be used as a tool for individualizing instruction for students learning basic educational skills. A comprehensive set of learner objectives for…

An individualized learning package provides step-by-step instruction in the fundamentals of the etching process. Thirteen specific behavioral objectives are listed. A pretest, consisting of matching 15 etching terms with their definitions, is provided along with an answer key. The remainder of the learning package teaches the 13 steps of the…

A learning program centered around the individual student developed for teaching Chinese is described. The program includes two tracks, a humanities track and a specialist track, to meet the needs of different students. The use of peer teaching is explained. (RM)

This learning activity package on shock and anaphylactic shock is one of a series of 12 titles developed for use in health occupations education programs. Materials in the package include objectives, a list of materials needed, information sheets, reviews (self evaluations) of portions of the content, and answers to reviews. These topics are…

Mastery criterion manipulation may produce dramatic behavioral effects. Results of a study investigating three undergraduate classes indicate that the 90 percent criterion class was inferior to both the 80 percent and the varied 60-90 percent criterion class on several measures, including degree of accuracy and final grade. (BJG)

This manual provides program objectives for instructors teaching cosmetology courses in junior and senior high Department of Defense Dependents Schools. The manual begins with a description of the cosmetology program offered in the Dependents Schools. Following an illustrated description of a suggested cosmetology laboratory is the main part of…

These guidelines for writing a learning activity packet (LAP) include a rationale for self instruction; suggested format for writing a LAP; analysis of the LAP format item by item; general instructions for writing a LAP; examples of performance objectives; affective domain attitudinal objectives; and student/teacher contracts for learning;…

The purpose of this book is to help the preservice education student develop into a competent teacher of science at the elementary school level by experiencing a performance-based approach to teacher education. The book places emphasis on illustrating how performance objectives can play an important role in elementary science education as well as…

The course approach reported in this document provides an alternative method of attaining the departmentally-accepted general course goals for basic speech communication. This approach begins with the identification of the student's core communication competencies which, divided into component concepts and subskills, are stated as behavioral…

The following postulates provide the basis for development of an innovative student-centered curriculum: (1) A curriculum must be defined in terms of the students' educational needs; (2) for the majority of students, occupational goals require less than a bachelor's degree; (3) a curriculum must be defined in terms of the psychological structure…

This curriculum is designed primarily for use in individualized classrooms where the teacher is working with an assistant, but it has also been proven effective in traditional classrooms and in remedial situations. Program II focuses on the basic abilities used in analyzing and organizing acoustical patterns, with special emphasis on verbal…

This document describes the efforts of program administrators to implement an organic curriculum in the Willingboro, New Jersey, public schools. Major activities included inservice programs to train teachers and administrators to write behavioral objectives, and implementation and modification of learning packages. Organic curriculum is a learner-…