Staff members of the Division of Vocational-Technical Education and teacher educators attended a 4-day conference for the purpose of exploring the applicability of the management by objectives (MBO) process to vocational education. Conference presentations included: (1) "What Is Already Happening as Part of MBO?" by W. Russell Smith, (2)…

A publication of the Instructional Objectives Exchange, this booklet contains instructional objectives collected from educators or formulated at the Exchange. In addition, up to six measuring techniques suitable for assessing attainment of each objective are included. By exchanging objectives, duplication of developmental activities will be…

A course in the theory and practice of making up the front page and inside pages of the newspaper is presented. Included are copy fitting, headline and composition fitting, typography and type specifications, and photo proportioning. Theories of offset and letterpress printing are also covered. Objectives of the course include the following: (1)…

A course in forming medium size pottery on the potter's wheel and developing skill to reproduce matching forms is presented. Abilities which will be expected of the student at the end of the course include: (1) defining important terms relating to pottery, (2) identifying and differentiating between certain aspects of ceramic art, and (3)…

This collection of 123 objectives and related evaluation items is for general mathematics in grades 10 through 12. The content has been organized into nine major categories: sets; numbers, numerals, and numeration systems; operations and their properties; measurements; per cents; geometry; probability and statistics; logic; and applications and…

This is the second of the six guidebooks on minimum course content for first-year algebra; it includes the ordered field properties of the real number system, solution of linear equations and inequalities, verbal problems, exponents and operations with polynomials. Overall goals for the course are stated; performance objectives for each unit, a…

This is the fourth of six guidebooks on minimum course content for first-year algebra; it includes first degree equations involving absolute value, radicals, various approaches to solving quadratics, and problem solving with quadratics. After course goals are stated, a listing of performance objectives, a course outline, textbook references, and…

This is the first of eight guidebooks for a course designed for the junior high student preparing for algebra. The booklet includes place value, expanded numerals, exponents, and elementary set theory. General goals and performance objectives, a course outline, and sample posttest items are given. (DT)

The second in a four-part sequence for the student seeking Advanced Placement, this booklet emphasizes theory and applications of the derivative and the definite integral. Overall goals and performance objectives are speficied. A course outline, teaching suggestions, and references to state-adopted texts are given for each topic covered. A sample…

This is the first of six guidebooks on minimum course content for first-year algebra; it introduces the language of sets, the fundamental operations and properties of the real number system, the use of variables, and the solution of simple linear equations and inequalities. Overall goals for the course are stated; then performance objectives, a…

The first of a two-part sequence for the student who has had difficulty in second-year algebra, this booklet covers definitions and measurement of angles (in degrees and radians), the trigonometric functions, solving trigonometric equations and graphing functions, identities, and computation with base ten logarithms. Overall goals for the course…

This booklet is the second of a two-part sequence of minimum content for trigonometry. It includes sum, difference, double-angle, and half-angle formulas; Law of Sines; Law of Cosines; inverse trigonometric functions; polar coordinates; and DeMoivre's Theorem. Goals, performance objectives for each unit, a course outline, references to…

The author looks at a major aim of education, for which there are no standardized achievement tests. She proposes a model for teachers to work on. (Editor)

Identifies four steps that students should employ in using objectives to study textual material and outlines the strategy intended to teach students these steps. (MH)