Unusual approaches to vocational training offered by the Business Data Processing Program at the Boulder Valley Re-2 Public Schools Area Vocational Technical Center are described, including the facility, equipment, individualized instructional media and materials, advisory committees, environment, curriculum, and placement for (1) the general…

Designed to help elementary and middle school language arts teachers structure a comprehensive objectives-based composition program, this guide attends to fundamental rhetorical concepts that should enable schools to effectively use existing resources while extending the range of instructional potentials in areas not often included in commercially…

The development of a COMIT module began with visions of fascinating combinations of computer graphics, slides, tapes, films, student computer interaction, and many other potential tools to be utilized in geographical education. The selection of a subject, however, led to a rapid revision of the initial concepts. In addition, the methodology of…

This series of learning activity packages focuses on four areas of tractor mechanics: (1) maintaining and servicing the power train, (2) maintaining and servicing the clutch, (3) maintaining and servicing the transmission and differential, and (4) maintaining and servicing the final drive. Each of the twenty-nine illustrated learning activity…

This series of learning activity packages is based on a catalog of performance objectives, criterion-referenced measures, and performance guides for gardening/groundskeeping developed by the Vocational Education Consortium of States (V-TECS). Learning Activity packages are presented in three areas: (1) preparing or improving soil, (2) operating…

Based on a behavioral technology based program at the University of Washington, a manual is presented for professionals who wish to establish a program to train retarded persons for, and place and maintain them in, nonsheltered employment. A detailed analysis of the components of such a program is provided, along with a general description of the…

This learning activity package (LAP) titled Disadvantaged Learner Referral Process is one of a series designed to develop competencies needed by vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students. Each LAP concentrates on one general vocational teacher competency and contains the following sections: an introduction, a teacher competency…

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the decision-making processes in senior high schools that were implementing programs of individualized schooling. Field methodology, including interviews, observations, and analysis of documents, was used to gather data in six senior high schools of varying size located throughout the country,…

The La Colina Teacher Center had a live-in supervisor who taught part of the day and worked in teacher education part of the day. The general goals for this unique situation were to: 1) increase the contact the supervisor had with student teachers and cooperating teachers, 2) better integrate the student teachers into $he school's program, 3)…

In the spring of 1978, the individualized Latin program at the Ohio State University underwent an evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the experiment and to consider making the program a permanent part of the curriculum. Although the competency-based learning (CBL) component had worked satisfactorily for a majority of the students, about…

This text is designed to give individually paced instruction in Fortran Programing. The text contains fifteen units. Unit titles include: Flowcharts, Input and Output, Loops, and Debugging. Also included is an extensive set of appendices. These were designed to contain a great deal of practical information necessary to the course. These appendices…

This report examines individualized instructional approaches to teaching, reviews of the literature in that field with specific reference to Upward Bound programs, and reports on a research study which investigated the relationship between an Activity Based Curriculum (ABC) and the academic performance of economically disadvantaged high school…

This career education inservice training package is designed to assist in the development and expansion of career education programs for K-Adult. Modules developed are intended to support leaders in addressing five general aspects of career education: (1) Introduction to Career Education, (2) Curriculum Infusion, (3) Career Guidance, (4) Home and…

THE STANFORD PROJECT ON COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION IN INITIAL READING, INCLUDING THE COMPUTER CONTROLLING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CURRICULUM MATERIALS, IS DESCRIBED. THE THEORETICAL RATIONALE FOR THE READING CURRICULUM, FOR WORD LIST LEARNING, FOR REMEDIAL MATERIALS, AND FOR INSERVICE TRAINING IS DISCUSSED. APPENDIXES AND REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (BK)

THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES PROCEDURES AND POTENTIALS FOR INDIVIDUALIZING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS IN SMALL RURAL SCHOOLS. FOUR FACTORS ARE SEEN TO BE OPERANT IN THE INDIVIDUALIZATION PROCESS. THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTOR, THE CURRICULUM AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS, ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE, AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES. NEW INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES SHOULD BE…