This publication contains a series of articles intended to stimulate interest in teaching about Southeast Asia in secondary schools. The opening article, "What Are We Teaching About Southeast Asia in U.S. Secondary Schools?" includes a bibliographic essay citing sources of information on materials for teaching about Southeast Asia. Additional…

Describes an approach in which junior high school students prepare a sound/slide presentation that focuses on some animal issue. The approach is designed to make them more aware of the problems encountered by animals and to help them develop their ability to process information and to work together. (JN)

Describes a program in environmental education in which secondary school students and teachers extensively studied the North-eastern region of the United States on a one month camping trip. Details of the budget, suggested personal equipment, and group camping equipment are provided. (JR)

Presented is the curriculum guide for upper elementary and secondary gifted and talented students in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Introductory material provides information on such areas as definition of giftedness, program goals, grading, staff training, identification of gifted students, and the differentiated curriculum. Most of the guide…

This document is intended as a resource and guide to help teachers integrate a problem-centered approach into their curricula. It outlines the typical components of problem-centered mathematics and science activities, and offers practical suggestions, examples, and resources to assist this endeavor. The first section of this document, "What is…

This advanced mathematics curriculum guide, produced under the direction of the State of Louisiana Department of Public Education, is a segment of the educational program established in response to accountability, assessment, and competency-based education laws. The guide is designed to represent the best thinking of a selected statewide committee…

This Algebra I curriculum guide, produced under the direction of the State of Louisiana Department of Public Education, is a segment of the educational program established in response to accountability, assessment, and competency-based education laws. This guide is designed to represent the best thinking of a selected statewide committee…

This Algebra II curriculum guide, produced under the direction of the State of Louisiana Department of Public Education, is a segment of the educational program established in response to accountability, assessment, and competency-based education laws. This guide is designed to represent the best thinking of a selected statewide committee…

This trigonometry curriculum guide, produced under the direction of the State of Louisiana's Department of Public Education, is a segment of the educational program established in response to accountability, assessment, and competency-based education laws. This guide is designed to represent the best thinking of a selected statewide committee…

In contrast to many books that outline in a general way the "best" method for teaching composition and that suggest a few exercises to implement it, this guidebook on expository writing attempts to be comprehensive and emphasizes practicality. Chapters deal with how to organize a composition program, how to mark student papers, and how to teach…

The publication, intended to serve as a resource document for industrial arts educators and to function as a tool for stimulating interaction between research and curriculum development personnel, contains abstracts on innovative activities in the area of industrial arts teacher education as well as those relating to other levels of instruction.…

This article describes a system of classroom management which is geared to the needs and abilities of individual pupils, primarily in mixed-ability classes. It involves the effective use of resource materials developed at a local center. (Author/SJL)

This manual provides the new Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) training program instructor with resource information and teaching/instructional techniques found successful by other CETA instructors. Chapter 1 addresses questions related to CETA procedures, jargon, and relationships between agencies. Specific areas covered include…

The focus of this curriculum report is on the earth sciences in the K-12 curriculum. High technologies have combined to produce telecommunications, the newest aid and impetus to earth sciences education. Listed in this report are educational service organizations and individual schools that have this service. Included are the names, addresses, and…

This 1979 supplemental update of "Operation Resource: Abstracts of Current Curriculum Development Activities in Industrial Arts Teacher Education" contains twenty-six two-page abstracts, each including title of activity, department/division, institution/organization, city and state, director(s) of activity, dates initiated and concluded,…