Designed for integration into existing school curriculum, this is the fifth in a series of five career education curriculum kits for teachers of grades 4-8. Each kit pertains to one of five specified career education program goals. The goal for this curriculum kit is, "The students will develop physical and mental skills related to occupational…

Designed for integration into existing school curriculum, this is the third in a series of five career education curriculum kits for teachers of grades 4-8. Each kit pertains to one of five specified career education program goals. The goal for this curriculum kit is, "The students will identify their individuality and continue to develop a…

The curriculum described in this manual covers basic drafting skills and entry skills for architectural, civil, and machine drafting, for both secondary and postsecondary instruction. The manual describes how the program is organized and gives objectives and exit points for the total curriculum. All of the tasks and units are listed with their…

This curriculum guide proposes competency areas, goals, and objectives for the interdisciplinary training of health and social service undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students by faculty members responsible for teaching courses about the care of the elderly and their families. Various levels of student involvement are outlined and…

This teacher's manual accompanies a student manual for an accounting course for limited-English Spanish-speaking adult students (available separately as CE 029 939). Introductory materials discuss the need for and philosophy of Project Mainstream, a vocational training program serving Korean- and Spanish-speaking persons, and what constitutes…

A study involving four sections of a general psychology course at Delta College (Michigan) was conducted to determine: (1) the effectiveness of repeated, cumulative testing on long-term retention of information; (2) its effect on students' ability to generalize information learned as measured by the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) general…

This curriculum guide, designed to facilitate nutrition education in grades 4 through 6, can be used as a basis for curriculum development at the school district level or as a basis for teachers' daily lesson planning. Curriculum materials are prefaced by a list of nutrition concepts and understandings, an objectives-based grade placement chart,…

An empirical review of test items is described as an essential step in criterion-referenced test development. The concept of test items' instructional sensitivity is introduced, and research is briefly reviewed which describes four theoretical contexts in which instructional sensitivity indexes have been observed: criterion-referenced; classical…

The existing methods for the teaching of literature in colleges and universities in India are summarized with reference to the aims of such programs. Lectures, tutorials, and seminars do not promote the learning of literature or critical thinking because teachers are not adequately prepared to be specialists in different periods or styles of…

This curriculum guide is designed to provide students with opportunities to explore different careers related to agriculture, to develop basic skills and knowledge related to the agriculture industry, and to make an intelligent selection of the speciality fields in agriculture that they will pursue in the eleventh and twelvth grades. An…

The course outlines presented in this final report comprise a proposed Fort Steilacoom Community College curriculum to be used as a statewide model two-year associate degree curriculum for nursing home administrators. The eight courses described are introduction to nursing, home administration, financial management of nursing homes, nursing home…

THIS REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE ON INSERVICE EDUCATION COVERS 184 ITEMS RANGING FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THROUGH JOURNALS TO BOOKS AND FUGITIVE MATERIALS DURING THE 1950 - 1967 PERIOD. RESEARCH IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL SETTING IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS PLACED AND THE SETTING THE SCHOOL PRODUCES. THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEACHER AND SCHOOL…

THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR A FRENCH FLES PROGRAM, FEATURING EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN COMBINATION WITH CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION BY LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS, REFLECTS FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE PROGRAM FOR GRADES 4, 5, AND 6 DESCRIBED IN THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN EVALUATED, IMPROVED, AND IMPLEMENTED AT THE…

Two different methods for collecting course-specific data on class learning and growth are discussed. The first, Item/Student Sampling, is directly dependent upon assessing class performance both prior to and following instruction. This procedure relies on multiple matrix sampling techniques. The second method, referred to as Self-Report of Course…

This speech communication curriculum guide is designed to provide a comprehensive oral language curriculum, to suggest ways for integrating oral activities into other curriculum areas, and to stimulate ideas for using oral language in a holistic rather than a fragmentary learning environment. Following an introductory chapter on "creating the…