Describes an applied mathematics course which presents the mathematical skills that have the widest applications and uses examples from daily life. The course emphasizes the meaning of numbers, translating word problems from English to mathematics, and a graphical treatment of functions. (GS)

Describes the application of the Keller Plan to an introductory physics course. Presents the organization of the course, faculty and student reaction to the course, and an assessment of the course on the basis of student grade distribution. (GS)

Describes a course designed to provide each student the opportunity to participate in research. Outlines the objectives formalized in a course hierarchy and presents the mini-project approach used to meet the needs of the students. (GS)

Describes a laboratory oriented psychology course developed for secondary students which explored, among other things, behaviorism, Freudian psychology and learning and cognition as developmental processes. (BR)

Describes a course in introductory biology which utilized a teaching strategy emphasizing process rather than content. The strategy involved team teaching and a research paper/laboratory technique involving the students in decision making and the processes of scientific method. (GS)

Reports on some objective data and presents some subjective conclusions on the use of self-paced instruction in an experimental electrical engineering course. Outlines some of the problems involved in the development of self-paced materials and identifies several demotivating factors associated with their use. (GS)

Describes an environmental chemistry course in terms of its objectives, philosophy, topics, principles, laboratory experiments, texts, supplementary material, and student response. (GS)

In the last 50 years, the school music program has broadened from just band, choir, and orchestra activities to also include other music classes and activities needed by the students served by the school music program. Just as other subject area curricula have expanded from more general studies to very specific courses, the music program now…

This annual report of the Advanced Job Skills Training (AJST) Project describes the methodology used to develop competency-based training for child protective services (CPS) specialists who are in their first 24 months of employment. The project's steering committee determined that AJST was an inappropriate point to begin developing CPS…

This report is the reply to instructions to develop an outline of a curriculum for Nursing Refresher programs in British Columbia, to collate available instructor and student resource materials and correlate them with the objectives, and to identify gaps in resource materials. Chapter I is an introduction. Chapter II presents an overview of the…

Three aspects of problems, issues, and questions facing curriculum development teams, local authority advisors, and teacher trainers interested in helping teachers in the United Kingdom (UK) construct and shape an effective economics curriculum are examined. First, in an investigation of the curriculum context dimension, the paper predicts that…

The project described in this report focused on the development of an interdisciplinary course incorporating physics and literature at Shoreline Community College. Part 1 provides an overview of the project and summarizes major questions and problems confronted in the process of curriculum development, including the relationship between science…

Developed for use by teacher educators or state staff, this teaching packet provides preservice or inservice training to teachers and prospective teachers on how to use the Illinois Core Curriculum in Agriculture. (It is recommended that copies of the Illinois core materials be available to the students.) Three problem areas are included:…

Components of a computer studies course are discussed, goals for 15 topics to be covered in a first-year course are specified, and sample evaluation items are included. (DT)

Two individually-adaptive mathematics courses for urban high school youth were developed by a Commonwealth CAI Consortium to help satisfy the ninth grade requirement for general mathematics and algebra in Pennsylvania. A description of the courses and of the computer system, and an analysis of the effectiveness of the CAI-mediated mathematics…