A COURSE IN DECISION-MAKING, BUILT AROUND THE TIEDEMAN-O'HARA PARADIGM, WAS TAUGHT AT A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO TEST MATERIALS. THE THREE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING DECISION-MAKING ARE--(1) LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, (2) PRACTICING DECISION-MAKING WHILE UNDER SUPERVISION, AND (3) FORMULATING CRITERIA FOR A DECISION. A…

This assessment guide, developed by the Model Accounting Project at Aloha High School in the Beaverton, Oregon, school district, contains criteria statements that reflect factors deemed essential for quality instruction and overall effectiveness of the accounting program. The guide can be used by an instructor as a self-assessment instrument or by…

Between November 1964 and June 1967, 85 women and five men completed a 4-month course held in several Wisconsin locations to prepare them as Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants to (1) plan and direct a general activity or supportive program of occupational therapy, (2) train individual patients in independent performance of activities of…

The accounting cluster demonstration project conducted at Aloha High School in the Beaverton, Oregon, school district developed a model curriculum for high school accounting. The curriculum is based on interviews with professionals in the accounting field and emphasizes the use of computers. It is suitable for use with special needs students as…

A project designed to develop a business ownership and management curriculum to be used at the prevocational and exploratory grade levels (grades 7-9) is reported in four sections. Section 1 contains an overview of the project. Section 2 presents the procedures, which involved the establishment of the research concept and curriculum model, the…