This document is designed to provide assessment materials for specific Grade 4 outcomes in the Chinese Language and Culture Nine-year Program, Grades 4-5-6. The assessment materials are designed for the beginner level in the context of teaching for communicative competence. Grade 4 learning outcomes from the Chinese Language and Culture Nine-year…

During the 1972-73 academic year, the Utah State University Protocol Project developed four self-instructional modules related to classroom management: (a) Group Alerting, (b) Learner Accountability, (c) Transitions, and (d) Withitness. Each module contains a student guide composed primarily of recognition lessons based upon printed classroom…

Knowledge of a student's ability to handle a specific text can help teachers choose appropriate materials for instruction and can help ensure maximum classroom effectiveness. The Vocational Reading Competency-Based Teacher Education Project contains self-paced modules which outline concepts and offer classroom techniques to aid teachers in this…

The inservice learning module described here focuses on solving problems of classroom management, parent teacher relations, curriculum, and methodology. Topics covered in this program include evaluation of teaching and learning, grouping for instruction, controlling student behavior, relating to parents, motivating students, unit teaching, coping…

The intent of the described product is to assist teachers in designing and managing their classrooms for individualized instruction. An abridged table of contents of the handbook described is presented. Also included are a description of activities and resources involved in using the handbook, ordering information, and a critique of its contents…

A prescriptive learning package for inservice teacher education is described. The package seeks to aid the teacher in developing and implementing individualized intervention techniques suitable for children whose learning situations result in disruptive behavior; knowledge and applications of terms and principles of behavior management are…

This document provides a final report of a workshop convened to develop instructional packages in classroom management, orientation to teaching, and mathematics assessment. Included are: (1) a list of conference participants; (2) overview of teacher education and the use of laboratory schools; (3) an overview of the Cooperation in Teacher…

A college instructional module uses the film "JFK" and related reading materials to convince even the less motivated students that reasoning abilities can be of significant personal and public value. Small groups are assigned presentations based on research and readings. Student response has been enthusiastic and the technique has been…

The inservice teacher education module described here focuses on helping teachers gain the knowledge and skills needed for implementation of an effective team, the emphasis being on the purposes, methods, and techniques for individualizing instruction and team planning. Information is provided on the program's purposes, content, activities,…

The learning module described here focuses on classroom management. It is for the use of both preservice and inservice teachers. The primary focus of the modules is on increasing understanding of students, with the object of increasing teacher effectiveness in class management. Basic teaching skills and behaviors are covered. A critique of the…

This module is one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers. The competencies upon which these modules are based were identified and verified through research as being important to successful vocational teaching at both the secondary and…

Distributive education teachers who use competency-based instruction must help students narrow their career choices to one or a few so that the chosen competencies can be developed from specific competency learning packets. Career counseling, classroom storage and display of career and competency-based materials, and classroom management are…

This instructional package, one in a series of individualized instructional units on automotive steering and suspension, consists of a student guide and an instructor guide dealing with automobile front-end types. Covered in the module are three common types of passenger car front suspension systems and their major components as well as two types…

This instructional package, one in a series of individualized instructional units on automotive steering and suspension, consists of a student guide and an instructor guide dealing with prealignment checks. Covered in the module are the following steps in a prealignment check: checking the ride height of a vehicle, checking the ball joints and the…

This instructional package, one in a series of individualized instructional units on automotive steering and suspension, consists of a student guide and an instructor guide dealing with automobile alignment and adjustment procedures. Covered in the module are identifying positive and negative cambers, positive and negative casters, and toe-ins;…