Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this instructional packet is intended for use by teachers of a course in language arts basic skills for middle school and junior high school students. The packet contains preparatory…

This guide is designed to assist business teachers to effectively use simulations that involve student interaction. Learning experiences in all levels of business and office education are examined: business exploration, basic business, and occupational preparation. In the introduction, the types of simulated activities are explained, along with…

This bibliography is designed to provide Americans who are working with Indochinese refugee adults with an idea of what materials are commercially available in the field of teaching English as a second language. Materials were chosen because they have been successfully used with Indochinese refugees over the last three years, or because they have…

This is the final report and evaluation of a program designed to disseminate career education curricular materials to career education agencies in Connecticut and nationwide. In three sections, the report evaluates the dissemination process. Section 1 focuses on the number of curricular packets disseminated and the localities reached after initial…

The balancing of salary needs for financial resources requires that university administrators take a careful look at supply and demand factors in the academic marketplace when allocating salary funds to colleges and departments within a university. Quality academic programs can be maintained only if quality faculty members are attracted and…

The call for accountability in higher education has resulted in a demand for the effective use of scarce resources and institutional survival is affected. Since the vitality of an institution is the true measure of its strength, all decisions, including cost-based ones, should be made in terms of their effect on morale and motivation. Faculty, by…

This collection is comprised of short memos (offering practical suggestions and ideas for teachers and parents of young children) and resource lists on various early childhood topics, prepared by the staff of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education during 1978. Memos focus on parent involvement ideas for day care centers, the learning…

Contributions made by Indians from North, South, and Central America are presented in the form of a coloring book. The scenes depict early agricultural, social, recreational, artistic, and medicinal practices of various Indian tribes which have since become a part of the life of peoples around the world. The coloring book, which can be used as a…

Supplementary instructional aids for unit four of Spanish as a Second Language for second graders, including visual aids and ditto masters for seatwork by students, are contained in this revised supplement. A teacher's guide corresponding to this unit gives the timetable for when these materials are to be used. Illustrations and worksheets are…

The annotated bibliography cites 397 high-interest, low-vocabulary materials and teacher resource books for the Migrant Adult Basic Education Project (MABE), which provides literacy instruction to migrant adults during their residence in New York State. Materials are listed for language arts, reading, math, social studies, "survival" skills, and…

The major goal of the Baltimore County (Maryland) career education project (1975-76) was to strengthen the career education programs in fifteen schools, grouped into five clusters, through leadership training programs and through the development of linkages within and among schools and between the schools and the community. Each of the five…

Although there are no easy answers to the economic problems faced by the Northern Cheyenne in Southeast Montana, any economic development plans should stress long-term tribal self-sufficiency, serve community needs, and consider the Cheyenne culture. Differentiation theory is appropriate for understanding the local rural area and the special place…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on cultural food patterns is the fourth in a set of five modules on consumer education related to foods and nutrition. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on influences on food prices is the fifth in a set of five modules on consumer education related to foods and nutrition. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on applications and implications of new technology in textiles and clothing is the fourth in a set of four modules on consumer education related to textiles and clothing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching…