This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline for an advanced vocabulary course. The guide includes a list of nine course objectives; an outline of the content and concepts covered in the course; a description of the history of the English language and the elements from which…

The objectives of this packet on communication skills are to teach elementary students how to organize their ideas, follow directions, correct their own errors, recognize and write a topic sentence, recognize and write a concluding sentence, recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences, write a paragraph, and effectively communicate with…

Presented is the seventh of 12 instructional kits, on the development of measurable objectives, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for…

This cooperative program has been designed primarily for students in education and the social sciences at the four colleges of the Central Pennsylvania Consortium, to help them understand the problems of the urban environment and to challenge them to help in solving these problems during the course of the program and also in their later life. It…

Because different educational goals are based on individual sets of values, research findings considered highly significant by one group of educators will seem irrelevant to others. Empirical studies of educational objectives are needed to investigate (1) the relationship between the way objectives are formulated and their quality, (2) the extent…

Part of the Dade County Public School (Florida)Quinmester Program, the automotive refinishing course outline is a continuation of automotive refinishing 1 and emphasizes the practical application of color coating and sheet metal refinishing. Overall refinishing with enamels, lacquers, and acrylics are included as well as spot repair painting and…

The document is a revision of earlier units, updated to include behavioral or performance objectives. Divided into 22 units of instruction, the course outline for distributive education presents suggested length of time for each part of a unit, prerequisites, a description of the part, objectives, sources, outline for the section, activities,…

In an effort to upgrade or further develop the skills levels of all individuals involved in the emergency medical care service, this training program was developed for the National Highway Safety Bureau. This specific course is an attempt to organize, conduct, and standardize a basic training course for emergency medical technicians (EMTs). The…

The major prerequisite to studying science fiction as literature is determining the criteria by which it is to be evaluated. A middle ground which recognizes both literary merit and the genre's uniqueness (scientific orientation, dominancy of idea, and interest of speculation) proves to be the most workable approach and stresses the versatility…

The instructor's guide provides a review for those preparing to take Part IV of the Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) examination. Course content can also help secretaries update their skills in accounting and business mathematics. Organized into lessons with objectives, content outline, and teaching suggestions and references, the units…

See SO 007 721 for general information on the philosophy of the Quinmester Visual Arts Educational Curriculum. Intaglio Design II, a quinmester course, involves experimentation and production of successful plates demonstrating the techniques of engraving, drypoint, mezzotint, and aquatint and builds on the skills learned in the first course of…

This Quinmester pamphlet presents an overview of the business world and the American free enterprise system, delving into the concept of profit, satisfaction of wants and needs through production and distribution of goods and services, and primary forms of business organization, the effects of business activity on economic growth, and the use of…

Presented is the report on the development and 1-year implementation of a minimum objective system with the kindergarten through grade 6 classes at the Hinesburg Elementary School in Vermont. Discussed is the project's intention to determine minimum objectives to be met by all students at a given grade level in areas such as language arts and…

The purpose of this instructor training course manual is to prepare people to be effective instructors of oral English as a second language to illiterate adults of Indian ancestry who are taking, or preparing to take, a basic literacy course. The contents include: "Introduction," which looks at program objectives, a model of the course, terminal…

The seminar is designed to assist young adults to better understand and to achieve more self-direction of their own occupational development processes. Designed as a psychological education approach in which classes are a mixture of experiential and pragmatic activities, the seminar is divided into fourteen three-hour sessions. Class activities,…