The job position of infantryman of special forces as performed in Russian is described in terms of terminal skill objectives (TSOs) and enabling objectives (EOs). This analysis is part of the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language…

A six-week unit on the Kikuyu people of Kenya for grades 4, 5, and 6 is presented. An overview of the unit lists major concepts and skills to be developed, behavioral objectives, and materials needed for each unit. Following the overview, seven lessons are outlined. In lesson one, students analyze their attitudes toward African culture. Lesson two…

This teaching guide is intended to aid tenth grade English classroom teachers as they develop and implement educational programs on the Igbo-speaking people of Nigeria. The source material for this unit is "Things Fall Apart," by Chinua Achebe. The guide is a product of an interdisciplinary summer workshop for teachers on development of…

This three to four-week high school anthropology unit examines the African heritage of black Americans. The unit was written for students in an inner city all black public high school. Objectives are to foster a sense of pride in black Americans' heritage, learn how black Americans can discover their roots, examine causes and consequences of the…

This self-instructional, self-paced module is the first of five in the series, Competency Based Education Inservice for Part Time Community College Occupational Education Teachers. (See note for other modules.) Its purpose is to enable the teacher to develop and write program goals and to organize them sequentially into courses of instructional…

Interviews were conducted with 15 Black and 15 Puerto Rican women students from Brookdale Community College, New Jersey, and with 15 Black and 15 Puerto Rican women not attending college in order to determine: (1) if adult, minority women enrolled in college were more self-directed than those who had not sought further education; (2) the…

Underlying mental processes are common to all people in spite of individual differences in capability, intelligence, attitude, and motivation. When these processes are combined to form a single, observable entity, they can be interpreted as a universal action pattern of the mind. Educators, psychotherapists, and other individuals interested in…

As part of a series of annual evaluations of the knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitudes of Massachusetts public-school students, this report represents the assessment of basic skills attainment of grade 12 students. The first three chapters contain a summary of the design and methodology of the testing program. The remaining five chapters…

This home economics curriculum for the middle school (grades 6-8) is designed to assist students in developing self-concept, making decisions, and developing basic skills. Written by a group of home economics teachers, this curriculum contains nine learning packages on the following topics: (1) consumer management; (2) decision management; (3)…

THE ORIGINS OF MASS POPULAR EDUCATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS ARE STUDIED IN TERMS OF THE RELATION BETWEEN REFORMER IDEOLOGY AND STYLE OF REFORM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF FUNDAMENTAL ALTERATIONS IN THE LIFE CONDITIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS. THREE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ARE ANALYZED IN DETAIL--(1) ABOLITION OF BEVERLY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1860, (2) ATTACK…

THIS ADMINISTRATIVE AND CURRICULUM GUIDE IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION PRESENTS BASIC INFORMATION FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN. SELECTION CRITERIA, INTELLIGENCE TESTING, ADMINISTRATOR, PARENT, AND TEACHER COOPERATION, THE RETARDED CHILD'S POTENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHING…

REPORTED ARE THE RESULTS OF A CURRICULUM RESEARCH PROJECT OF THE MICHIGAN SCIENCE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT FOR USE IN TEACHING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED SCIENCE. THE COMMITTEE USED PREVIOUS RESEARCH DATA, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF INSTRUCTION AND INQUIRY TRAINING, TO DEVELOP 13 UNITS INCLUDING 55 OPEN-ENDED LABORATORY…

THIS ENGLISH PUBLICATION IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR PROSPECTIVE OR PRACTICING TEACHERS IN THE TEACHING OF GENERAL EDUCATION SCIENCE TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT SCIENCE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, AND TAUGHT, AS A HUMAN ACTIVITY WHICH EXPLORES THE REALM OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE, MAPS IT METHODICALLY BUT…

THE STUDY FOLLOWED THE COLLEGE AND NONCOLLEGE CAREERS OF 10,000 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR FOUR YEARS THROUGH PATTERNS OF WORK, COLLEGE, AND MARRIAGE, AND FOCUSED ON THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE VERSUS EMPLOYMENT ON CHANGE OF VALUES AND ATTITUDES. EVENTUAL COLLEGE PERSISTERS DID NOT DIFFER WIDELY FROM THEIR CLASSMATES ON PERSONALITY SCALES ADMINISTERED IN…

THIS INVENTORY OF SELECTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OBJECTIVES IS DIRECTED TO TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, STUDENT-TEACHERS AND INTERNS, AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACULTIES AND SUPERVISORS WHO INSTRUCT AND CONSULT WITH TEACHERS OF ENGLISH. THE OBJECTIVES, BASED UPON RECENT SCHOLARSHIP IN LITERATURE, LINGUISTICS, AND EDUCATIONAL…