Educational objectives and brief course descriptions are presented for music education, grades 9-12, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland. The program, divided into general, choral, and instrumental categories, stresses refining cognitive perception, developing creative potential, and heightening aesthetic sensitivity.…

Two communications skills courses were developed to improve the English fluency of Navajo students. Communications Workshop I (English 100) emphasizes basic skills review, by focusing on reading and writing short papers based on responses to readings and class discussions, and on personal experience. The course is intended to familiarize the…

Contained are summaries of support courses for a Bachelor of Engineering Technology (BET) Curriculum in Water Quality Management. Suggested courses in this volume include: math, physics, English, drafting, mechanics, civil engineering, and economics. Also included are self-appraisal suggestions for institutions considering implementation of this…

Five major sections in this directory present information from the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL), including (1) simulations/experiential materials, (2) course descriptions, (3) ABSEL interest directory, (4) ABSEL membership directory, and (5) ABSEL facts and figures. Section 1 contains short summaries of…

The Evaluation of Student Achievement is a course required of all education majors at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It covers construction of classroom objectives and related test items, test administration, item analysis, statistical analysis, and assignment of grades. Among other assignments, students were required to:…

Listed are guidelines for the steps in the development of a flexible long-range senior science curriculum. The program is separated into biology, chemistry, and physics, and a course outline is given for each. These outlines are not committed to any one approach, but draw on the many curriculum improvement projects and other sources. The emphasis…

This paper is a descriptive history of programs for teacher educators at Teachers College, Columbia University, from 1935 to 1965. Individual sections review the doctoral program in 1935, the development of the master's programs, the beginning of a preservice program, reorganization and readjustment in 1935, the widening responsibilities of the…

Introductory social science courses could benefit from introducing experiment simulation into the curriculum via the computer. Properly used, the computer should enable the instructor to include the benefits of the laboratory at a reasonable cost into a pre-existing course. The EXPER-SIM (Experiment Simulation) program was combined with PROFIS, a…

This handbook is designed to assist staff development leaders in planning and conducting K-12 in-service or pre-service legal education courses based on the "Law In A Free Society" curriculum. The handbook is organized into four sections. Section one contains background information on the "Law In a Free Society" program…

American Indian Studies as developed in institutions of higher education should be designed to produce a new type of person--a warrior-scholar, community activist who not only understands the various worlds in which the Indian must live but is actively involved in improving these worlds via bicultural participation in a pluralistic society. The…

This is a manual for the Professional Development Seminar (PDS), a required course for all freshmen and transfer students in the College of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. The manual states the PDS provides a way for beginning students in education to come into academic and social contact with a faculty member in the College of…

This is the second volume in a series that includes the syllabi for the advanced elective courses in the New York state art program for grades 10, 11, and 12. The first volume is described in ED 100 747. The guide consists of the following three sections: (1) Studio in Ceramics, (2) Studio in Sculpture, and (3) Studio in Jewelry and…

This packet is a compilation of short units and quick review assignments used in the Oleanna Math Program at Skagit Valley College (Washington). This math program is taught in an auto-tutorial learning laboratory situation with programmed materials. Each unit of study is contained on a 5" by 8" card, which describes performance…

The document outlines a course designed to train audiometric technicians who will conduct pure-tone conduction tests as part of a program on hearing conservation in noise. A minimum of two days is required for the completion of the course. The outline of the training program presents nine topics with an indication of the minimum time required for…

This book describes in detail the experience of professional personnel in the Atlanta City School System during two years of planning and five years of operating a year-round, four-quarter school plan involving 32,000 high school students. Content of the book focuses primarily on four areas concerning the year-round program: its beginning,…