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Cuff, Dana – Journal of Architectural Education, 1980
An undergraduate course given at the University of California at Berkeley using a conceptual rather than rote learning approach is described and outlined. Student perceptions of the course design and content are featured, and the study is illustrated with course flow charts and sample drawings. (MSE)
Descriptors: Architectural Drafting, Architectural Education, Art Education, Course Content
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Affleck, Glenn G. – Mental Retardation, 1980
Findings of four recent survey studies of physicians' attitudes toward discretionary medical treatment of infants with Down's syndrome are evaluated in terms of three major themes. It is apparent that most physicians in the specialities sampled prefer that life-sustaining treatment be withheld in certain instances. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Ethics
Erekson, Thomas L. – Man/Society/Technology, 1980
Architectural drafting and building construction teachers need to become informed about barrier-free access. This information should be included in programs to give students experience and competence in this area. Industrial educators should assume a leadership role in training personnel to design and build a barrier-free environment. (JOW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Architectural Drafting, Building Design
Hill, Douglas M. – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1988
Discusses the difficulties which students have in interpreting science diagrams and the ways in which some diagrams may be misleading. Presents several diagrams as examples. (YP)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Drafting, Illustrations, Instructional Materials
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1995
This Drafting Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) is one of a series of competency lists, verified by expert workers, that have evolved from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives from throughout Ohio. This OCAP identifies the…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Drafting, Employment Potential
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1992
This document provides lists of tasks, performance objectives, and enabling objectives for 1,800 hours of postsecondary instruction or 900 hours of secondary instruction in the drafting and design technology program. Following a list of tasks and an explanation of the program, the bulk of the document consists of 25 modules, each of which is a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Charts, Computer Assisted Design, Drafting
Northwest Suburban Career Cooperative, Palatine, IL. – 1991
The Northwest Suburban Career Cooperative (Illinois) developed tech prep curricula for drafting/computer-aided design and electronics training program areas. Task forces selected for the two program areas identified the type of curriculum that should be provided to train future employees and the competencies needed by students successfully…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Curriculum Development, Drafting, Electronics
Deieso, Angie; Meier, Jean – 1994
This workbook, designed for workplace literacy courses, contains materials for a basic course in blueprint reading. The course provides a review of mathematics, information about using measuring tools to read blueprints, an explanation of the principles of blueprint drawing, and instructions on interpreting blueprint specifications. Introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blueprints
Meier, Jean; Lam, Linda – 1994
This workbook, designed for workplace literacy courses, contains materials for a mathematics review course to be taken prior to a course in blueprint reading. The course provides practice in the mathematics skills students need in order to take a blueprints course, including practice in calculating decimals, linear measurement, common fractions…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blueprints
Smith, Richard J.; Sauer, Mardelle A. – 1987
This guide is intended to assist teachers in using computer-aided design (CAD) workstations and artificial intelligence software to teach basic drafting skills. The guide outlines a 7-unit shell program that may also be used as a generic authoring system capable of supporting computer-based training (CBT) in other subject areas. The first section…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1986
This document reports on an analysis conducted to find out how white-collar workers have been affected by the latest developments in computerization and how current changes influence work organization, personnel training, and skills. The document consists of an introduction, seven chapters, and an 18-page bibliography. The first chapter examines…
Descriptors: Automation, Change, Computers, Drafting
Thomas Nelson Community Coll., Hampton, VA. – 1983
A project was conducted in Virginia to develop a coordinated, articulated, competency-based curriculum for selected industrial arts areas from an identified common core of competencies. The competencies would include a set of performance objectives, a set of criterion-referenced measures, and a set of instructional resource guides in the…
Descriptors: Architectural Drafting, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Turner, Gordon; And Others – 1987
This courseware evaluation rates the Design Your Own Home program developed by Avant-Garde Publishing Company. (The program--not contained in this document--uses standard architectural scales and 126 shapes to allow creation of structural floorplans and sideviews.) Part A describes the program in terms of subject area and hardware requirements…
Descriptors: Architectural Drafting, Building Plans, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
Mussnug, Kenneth J.; Craig, James R. – 1983
To evaluate the instructional effectiveness of the introductory portion of a modularized competency-based vocational education (CBVE) drafting program, achievement of students participating in this program were compared to students receiving traditional drafting instruction. Research participants were female and male juniors and seniors in their…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Drafting, Educational Research
Crosby, Richard K. – 1987
This guide was prepared to assist in determining the mathematics that should be included in drafting, electricity, electronics, and machine shop programs. Information for the guide was obtained by asking teachers from every postsecondary vocational school in Kentucky to respond to a questionnaire listing mathematics competencies for their…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Drafting, Educational Needs
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