The past five decades have produced a tremendous archive of important and interesting strategies, frameworks and practices aimed at improvement in public education. Yet despite the vast set of knowledge generated by this work, gains have not been significant enough nor sustained. Young people still arrive at postsecondary institutions ill-prepared…

The five-week summer Upward Bound Program for high school students incorporated an individualized mathematics program during the summers of 1978 and 1979. Designed to be a remedial, developmental, or enrichment program, the courses utilized commercially available materials. Students were graded on the amount of work they completed. Improvements in…

The outline of mathematics skills provides for individualized instruction by allowing each student to complete performance tests which indicate the point at which his instruction should start. The course is divided into two parts; one covering operations with whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and percentage; the other dealing with ratio,…

This packet of 14 learning modules on trade math is 1 of 8 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 list…

This packet of 14 learning modules on trade math is one of 20 such packets developed for apprenticeship training for stationary engineers. 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…

This packet of 11 learning modules on trade math is 1 of 6 such packets developed for apprenticeship training for millwrights. 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 list of…

This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages, focuses on a specific skill that vocational educators need in order to integrate the teaching and reinforcement of basic skills into their regular vocational instruction. The purpose of the module is to give educators competency in assisting students in…