This individualized learning module on electrical current is one in a series of modules for a course in basic electricity and electronics. The course is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instructional and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Five lessons are included in the…

Language experience can integrate the curriculum through planned and spontaneous activities, regardless of the student's age or level of skill. The components of an integrated day through language experience are the language activities--listening, speaking, writing, and reading. Opportunities for engaging in language range from formal to informal…

Efforts by the Navy in the early 1960's to reduce training time and costs with instructional technology resulted in efficient technical training, but at the expense of motivation and "espirit de corps." A Group Assisted Self-Paced (GRASP) program was initiated at one technical school in an attempt to overcome the previous drawbacks.…

The organization of this course outline is based in part on current thought regarding the teaching of reading as it relates to whether comprehension is a general skill or a set of specific identifiable skills, to reading as content and process, to vocabulary development, and to divergent thinking. The outline is divided into two major sections:…

Focusing on class organization, this publication reports on ideas that might improve reading skills by providing better opportunities for all children. The various articles deal with the use of reading consultants in classrooms as an alternative to "pull-out" reading programs, flexible grouping for individualized instruction, and reading…

The report, over half of which consists of appendixes, describes the development and implementation of a program in Dorchester County, Maryland, to integrate into a public school 23 emotionally handicapped students (ages 6-13) who had been attending school at a state mental institution. Services provided to the children in the public school…

Developed to supplement the food service worker modules published in 1977, this handbook provides fourteen additional individualized student modules. The topics included are as follow: (1) personal grooming; (2) safe handling of food and eating utensils; (3) setting up tables; (4) handling customers; (5) menus; (6) taking and placing the order;…

If the educational system and its present directions require fundamental change, then the past system must be understood and the future assessed. The industrial era'a mechanistic and hierarchical views do not match today's inter-related, subjective, risky world. To meet these challenges additional world factors and policy analyses must be analyzed…

This bibliography presents material relating to the development and implementation of instructional programs for special needs students. It addresses a number of instructional concerns such as program design, student behavior, evaluation, individualizing instruction, and job placement. Material cuts across the various categories of disadvantaged…

The described inservice teacher education program is designed for elementary school teachers interested in developing skills in teaching reading in an individually guided educational program. The scope and sequencing of topics in the program are outlined, and activities and resources are described. Ordering information for materials is provided,…

The described inservice teacher education program is for elementary school teachers who will be dealing with special children in their regular classroom. The scope and sequencing of topics in the program are outlined, and the activities and resources involved are described. Ordering information is provided. A critique of the program is included.…

Two articles on teacher training are included: "The Functional Approach: New Requirements for Teacher Training," and "Les Aspects theoriques de l'approche fonctionnelle et les implications pour la methode d'enseignement de la langue seconde (Theoretical Aspects of the Functional Approach and Implications for Second Language Teaching…

A description of the Didactor, a "computer-type teaching machine," is given. Also included are results of a comparison of student test results for Didactor-taught and control groups receiving instruction through an audio-tape tutorial mode. (MK)

The 20 lesson cards describe activities and objectives to aid elementary school classroom teachers as they develop interdisciplinary social studies programs. The activity cards may be used at individual learning centers or assigned as independent work following a teacher-guided lesson. Only one set of cards is needed per classroom. Major…

One of twelve water treatment technology units, this student manual on taste, odor, and color provides instructional materials for three competencies. (The twelve units are designed for a continuing education training course for public water supply operators.) The competencies focus on the following areas: taste and odor determination, control of…