This guide is designed for Luganda (Ganda) language training of Peace Corps workers in Uganda, and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of an introduction on use of the materials and a series of topical instructional units addressing specific language competencies. Each unit includes the targeted competency and a…

This module is the first in a series that is designed to help students achieve greater professional and personal success as power line technicians. Each module represents one or more complete units of instruction with components organized into one instructor and one student "package": the instructor's manual and the student workbook. The…

Intended for use in Florida training programs for caregivers of infants and toddlers with disabilities, this guide presents an overview of the Model of Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps (MITCH); offers a user's guide to the series; and provides specific information for presenting Module 13, which focuses on interventions for…

This study, based on data from the Community College Student Experiences Questionnaire national survey, examined comparative differences in the quality of student efforts in various college experiences and in their perceptions of career preparation gains. The study measured responses of students (N=1,891) from four groups of vocational programs:…

This booklet presents statistics concerning the well-being of Illinois' 3.3 million children between 1980 and 1990. Statistics are compared county by county for each of the state's 102 counties, and statewide statistics are compared with those of the entire nation. A statewide analysis focuses on spending per pupil on education, the percentage of…

While this report is in response to legislation which requires sex equity personnel to gather, analyze, and disseminate data on the status of men and women in vocational education, it also is a means of informing educators and members of the community about the particpation of males and females in vocational education. The report provides…

Proceedings of the February 1993 conference on college instruction and services to promote retention and success of high-risk (limited-ability, limited-English-proficient (LEP), and learning-disabled) college students include prefatory remarks, a keynote address, panel presentations, and summaries of discipline-based workshops. The keynote…

This document combines two annual reports on the Colorado Vocational Act for 1990 and 1991. Both reports contain the following materials: (1) a letter from the president; (2) information and fact sheet; (3) definitions; and statistical data on the following: (4) enrollment and placement trends, 1987-1990; (5) Colorado vocational and other…

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has proposed a 10-year campaign to enable the country to meet the national education goal of having every child start school ready to learn. The campaign has a 7-step agenda. First, every child must have a healthy birth, and be well-nourished and well-protected in the early years of life. The…

This revised edition of a guide to vocational program planning in Virginia is intended to be used as a principal resource for vocational program design and application and to serve as a supplement to program information provided to localities by the individual service areas. The guide is organized in eight sections, one for each program area:…

This report contains materials from a workshop aimed at the production and usage of video programs in the field of functional literacy, especially as literacy follow-up materials. Chapter I contains the proceedings and consists of an introduction, objective, and summaries of opening speeches, presentations, and group work. Chapter II provides…

This textbook is designed for use by Peace Corps volunteers learning Kirghiz in preparation for serving in Kirghizstan. It takes a competency-based approach to language learning, focusing on specific tasks the learner will need to accomplish through language. Some competencies are related to work tasks and others to survival needs or social…

This Kids Count data book is the first to examine statewide indicators of the well being of Nevada's children. The statistical portrait is based on 15 indicators of child well being: (1) percent low birth-weight babies; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) percent of children in poverty; (4) percent of children in single-parent families; (5) percent of…

This resource text was developed to assist parents, teachers, school administrators, school board personnel, and other concerned citizens in their efforts to develop and implement local education standards. Having drawn heavily upon Internet-accessible resources for the development and implementation of educational standards, the text is intended…

This evaluation compared online (i.e., World Wide Web-based) and classroom instructional delivery methods for the Health Education/Physical Education course, "Fitness and Lifestyle Management," at Brigham Young University (Utah). The results of the study were intended to add to the discussion on the value of web-based courses as a means…