Many educators agree that parental involvement is an important factor in a child's achievement in school. Views of the quantity of involvement differ. This one-semester study was designed to determine if parental knowledge of classroom objectives would significantly influence student achievement in physical science. Thirty-three physical science…

Designed to provide direction and guidance for secondary classroom teachers in planning classroom instruction in speech, this guide is organized into four groupings ("strands"): thinking, writing, listening, and speaking. Each page, in chart form and headed by a statement of goal ("terminal objective"), shows instructional…

Results of a World Health Organization survey concerning the use of learning objectives in medical and nursing education programs are presented, along with five case studies of educational programs. A total of 42 schools of nursing and 21 schools of medicine completed a questionnaire designed to elicit information concerning learning objectives.…

By taking a two-semester course in theatre, students in grades 10 through 12 can gain a better understanding of drama. Theatre I provides an overview of the field of theatre and serves as a prerequisite to all further theatre courses. Upon completion of the first course, students should be able to (1) respond aesthetically to theatre; (2)…

A minicourse that uses a problem-solving approach to teach physical therapy skills was developed for the Physical Therapy Program at California State University, Fresno. Clinical supervisors and faculty helped to identify competencies and write behavioral objectives, and physical therapy students provided input to help design the minicourse. An…

Presented is a statement of goals and objectives for mathematics education for kindergarten through grade eight by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools. Directions and priorities are established and more specific instructional objectives for the listed grade levels are emphasized. The major program goals listed are: Number Awareness,…

Fifteen students in a Drawing I class at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College participated in an experimental module on gesture drawing based on operant conditioning theory. Students ranged in age from 18 to 50, all with previous art instruction at the high school level. After responding to questionnaires in which they offered suggestions about…

Basic printmaking processes and techniques are explored from a historical point of view in this quinmester curriculum guide for grades seven through twelve. Application of design using a variety of media, including linoleum, wood, found materials, paper, and cardboard, is emphasized. Major objectives are for students to: identify historical and…

Designed for students in grades seven through twelve, this elective, quinmester guide offers an outline on techniques in enameling. Objectives are for students to research, demonstrate, experiment in, and evaluate the art of enameling by tracing the historical development of the art, applying elements of design, demonstrating techniques and…

The secondary teacher is provided with very specific behavioral objectives for a black history program which may exist separately or be woven into the existing curriculum. The resources for achieving these objectives are listed, and include books, periodicals and films, however, the specific means of utilizing these resources are left to the…

The Building Industries Occupations course is a two-year program of approximately 160 three-period teaching days per year. The required course content is designed to be effectively taught in 80 percent of the total course time, thus allowing 20 percent of the time for instruction adapted to such local conditions as employment prospects, student…

This document on course goals in the social sciences is one part of a critique series dealing with the development and evaluation of course goals in six subject matter areas for grades K-12. The series provides an initial pool of course-level goals that are expected to be of considerable value in assisting educators with goal definition related to…

This pamphlet reviews the current educational status of the classics in the curriculum in England and suggests teaching methods for all levels of instruction. Four major sections focus on: (1) program articulation, (2) the Latin course below the sixth form, (3) the teaching of Latin and Greek: program requirements, and (4) sixth-form work. The…

Discusses student evaluation in foreign-language courses and argues that passing a multiple-choice test should not be a course objective. Suggests that achieving such an objective does not ensure that students understand the topic or that they will use their new knowledge in new situations, nor that they know how to analyze to the appropriate…

Reviews instructional design models; discusses characteristics of distance education in higher education via interactive television; and presents a nine-step instructional design model designed specifically for college course delivery via interactive television. Course goals, content analysis, performance objectives, learner characteristics,…