This document looks at specific applications of calculus to engineering. It is noted that for an automobile traveling at constant speed, the mathematical relationship between the directional heading and the angular deflection of the steering wheel can be calculated with respect to time. An analysis is presented which derives the relationship from…

This packet of six learning modules on safety is one of eight such packets developed for apprenticeship training for low voltage alarm. Introductory materials are a complete listing of all available modules and a supplementary reference list. Each module contains some or all of these components: goal, performance indicators, study guide (a check…

These 32 learning guides are self-instructional packets for 32 tasks identified as essential for performance on an entry-level job in plumbing and pipefitting. Each guide is based on a terminal performance objective (task) and 1-4 enabling objectives. For each enabling objective, some or all of these materials may be presented: learning steps…

This module on communication in health occupations--general--is one of 17 modules designed for individualized instruction in health occupations education programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. This module consists of an introduction to the module topic, a list of resources needed, and two learning experiences. Each learning…

This module is one in a series of seven focused on skills vocational teachers need to develop and manage programs that are performance-based and fully individualized. Designed to allow for individualization of a teacher education program, these modules supplement those prepared by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for…

The focus of the teaching module described here is on methods of evaluating the pupil's progress in a team teaching situation and use of the parent-teacher conference as an evaluation technique. Emphasis is placed on understanding the need and purposes of continuous progress reporting (on the pupil and the program itself) and the means by which it…

A project was undertaken to: (1) formulate objectives for a biology unit dealing with frog dissection and vertebrate anatomy, (2) on the basis of these objectives, develop self-instructional modules utilizing audio-visual and printed instructional materials, and (3) formulate instruments for the evaluation of the modules. The rationale for the…

This paper reports a project centered around developing directed individualized materials (modules) to be used to prepare resource persons, change agents, and teachers to function in competency- and performance-based vocational education (PBVE) programs. It is organized in two parts. Part 1 centers around the development of modules for resource…

One of twelve individualized courses included in an automotive repair curriculum, this course covers the theory, diagnosis, repair, and adjustment of automotive electrical systems. The course is comprised of six units: (1) Fundamentals of Electrical Systems, (2) Battery Servicing, (3) Starting Systems, (4) Charging Systems, (5) Ignition Systems,…

One of thirteen individualized courses included in a marketing curriculum, this course covers the basic elements of retail salesmanship, plus simulation and practice in making sales demonstrations. The course is comprised of two units: (1) Steps of the Sale and (2) Suggestion Selling. Each unit begins with a Unit Learning Experience Guide that…

One of four individualized courses included in a radio and television repair curriculum, this course focuses on alternating current relationships and computations, transformers, power supplies, series and parallel resistive-reactive circuits, and series and parallel resonance. The course is comprised of eight units: (1) Introduction to Alternating…

The question of whether educational technology can be of assistance to the public school teacher who is in the position of having to teach the rudiments of a second language that he himself has not mastered is addresed in this paper. A series of teaching and learning units were constructed and experimented with for two years in teaching English as…

Literature on individualized learning appearing in the past three years includes many reports which are rewritings from the same data; however, generalizable results do exist for the practitioner. Individualized instruction systems work as well or better than traditional, conventional instruction. Students learn more, make higher grades, save…

The nine reports contained in this monograph describe in some detail projects to improve instruction initiated in 1974 at Memphis State University. The initial pages describe the criteria used to select the programs for funding. The nine projects fall into five areas: 1) computer-based instruction; 2) video technology; 3) individualized…

A set of nine teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages for individualized instruction at the tenth grade level includes the following units: Early Man and the Beginning of Civilization; Our Heritage from Greece and Roman Life in the Middle Ages; The Renaissance and the Reformation; Revolution; World at War; Totalitarianism; New World Settlement…