This report records the development and validation by Abt Associates, Inc. of utilization materials developed to accompany the two U.S. Office of Education film series, Jackson Junior High and Dial A-L-C-O-H-O-L. The first section describes the process by which the nine project products were developed. These products include the following: (1) a…

The module, part of a vocational teacher education curriculum unit, is designed to instruct the vocational education teacher in writing performance objectives. The module contains seven learning experiences, each stated in behavioral terms designed to develop the teacher's ability to write precise performance (behavioral) objectives appropriate to…

This self-instructional study guide is part of the materials for a college-level programmed course in managerial accounting. The study guide is intended for use by students in conjuction with a separate textbook, Horngren's "Accounting for Management Control: An Introduction," and a workbook, Curry's "Student Guide to Accounting for Management…

This self-instructional study guide is part of the materials for a college-level programmed course in managerial finance. The study guide is intended for use by students in conjunction with a separate student manual and a series of instructional tape casettes. The study guide contains seven major units that focus in turn on the goal of financial…

This combined teaching and study guide is for use by students and teachers in post secondary programs for nucleonics technicians. It was developed by the author under the National Defense Education Act, Title VIII. The unit headings are: (1) Physics of the Atom, (2) Natural Radioactivity and Atomic Energy, (3) Induced Radioactivity and Atomic…

This course in Traffic Records will introduce the student to the basic concepts of an integrated State Traffic Records System. The course is built around the Design Manual for State Traffic Records Systems. The pertinent parts of the design manual have not been reproduced with this study guide but are referenced in the introductory pages for each…

This architectural course of study is part of a construction, supervision, and inspection series, which provides instructional materials for community or junior college technical courses in the inspection program. Material covered pertains to: construction contracts, schedules, and site preparation; footings and foundations; masonry and…

This publication is designed for use in standard science curricula to develop oceanologic manifestations of certain science topics. Included are teacher guides, student activities, and demonstrations designed to impart ocean science understanding. Specific learning objectives, the rationale, materials needed, and suggested teacher introductions…

The purpose of this study guide is to provide students of anthropology with an ethnographic accompaniment to Robert Gardiner's film about the Dani tribesmen, "Dead Birds." The first section offers an ethnographic profile of Dani culture, describing its most important features. These include: 1) their material culture, covering matters…

Presented in this handbook are questions and ideas for students to consider while studying their environment out-of-doors. Developed to accompany the National Environmental Education Development (NEED) program, it was written to help the student learn to look at familiar places and things in new ways. It utilizes the concept of "strand"…

Written for those who want to get started in the field of broadcast journalism, this practical self-study guide discusses all the basic elements needed and shows how the professionals on both local and network levels prepare for a newscast. The content encompasses how a newsman writes his copy, how he "plays" his story, and how writing style is…

Learning to learn should keynote today's educational philosophy. One method for developing learning skills is through the use of independent study guides (self-initiated study and direction activities serving as lesson plans for learners). (Author/MJB)

A consultant in business education presents his system for developing strategies of individualized instruction in using commercial materials designed for group instruction. To illustrate the process he includes seven figures of pages from an accounting text, with marginal notes to direct the student to an individualized supplement. (MF)

Reports on the effective use of hierarchcial and nonhierarchical reading guides with John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." Indicates reading guides improve comprehension, provide transferable skills, and create positive feelings about learning. (NH)

Presents three study techniques based on the Content Directed Reading-Thinking Activity that help college students organize, understand, and recall what they are learning from a text. (AUTH/ARH)