This collection of training resources is designed to assist anyone involved in training in the field of aging to identify useful resources. With an emphasis on compiling evaluative date KWIC (Key Word Indexed Collection) collects, screens, and indexes materials suitable for training practitioners, researchers and older persons. The materials…

This presentation is designed to provide a framework and reference points for death education for any setting or learning group. It sets forth a brief rationale for teaching about death, then lists three goals of death education: (1) acquiring knowledge and information; (2) clarifying personal values and goals; and (3) developing coping or helping…

The six experiments presented in these two manuals were designed for use in any introductory or advanced undergraduate psychology course either partially or totally concerned with human cognition. One manual serves as the teacher's accompaniment to the actual experiments detailed in the student's manual. A list of textbooks which might be…

Increasing speed alone will not insure reading success, the author stated. It is important that students have the necessary reading and study skills and that they also develop good habits in both. The author mentioned the SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review) and the OK4R Formula. He also introduced a new study formula, I, PW, R, R,…

To test the effects of a course in study skills and reading, writing, and listening skills, 150 ninth-grade students were paired on the basis of desire to take the course, sex, and intelligence test scores. The experimental group--composed of one of each pair--was given an 18 weeks' course in study skills and reading, writing, and listening…

This guide provides the basis for a study-discussion course in the social psychology of the American Family. The course is designed to give an overview of major areas of stress in contemporary family life, to define and offer possible solutions to these problems, and to present some consideration of their meaning for individuals. This manual is…

The report briefly summarizes the steps taken to develop a basic training program for driver improvement analyst. Various enroute analytical products are appended including training requirements analysis, the course outline, organization of training modules, and training objectives. Recommendations for further efforts are also presented. (Author)

This paper describes a modular program at a community college for instructing non-science majors in college algebra. The two-course sequence is comprised of four modules each and successful completion of a module is required before a student proceeds to the next. Placement, grading policies, and scheduling are all discussed. A formative evaluation…

The 135 clock-hour course for the 12th year consists of outlines for blocks of instruction on transistor applications to basic circuits, principles of single sideband communications, maintenance practices, preparation for FCC licenses, application of circuits to advanced electronic systems, nonsinusoidal wave shapes, multivibrators, and blocking…

The book is designed to assist instructors of adults, particularly those who are part-time and beginning, in managing their educational programs effectively. It is written to be understood by instructors who may not have a background of training in education or who have a limited amount of time available to acquire teaching skills. The five…

The syllabus, part of the New York Health Occupations Education Program, is a statement of the minimum course content acceptable for State credit, requiring two and one-half hours each day of 160 teaching days in each of two academic years. The Introduction to the syllabus contains recommendations regarding selection of teachers and students,…

Designed to bridge the gap between traditional teacher-supplied content and process and the needs of the "rock era" student, this course focuses on developing minimum goals. The goals are related to musical attitudes, musical understanding, and musical skills of the student. The emphasis is on the student's human values, interpersonal feelings,…

The ultimate goal of the research described in this paper is to develop a set of instructional objectives for driver education courses based on a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the driver's task. There are two phases--first, an analysis of the driver's tasks; second, a set of instructional objectives developed from results of the task…

As a supplement to the principal reports of the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics (ED 062 123 - ED 062 125), the course objectives, structure, and sequence are discussed in this document to provide an overview of the program's development and operation. Following a description of goals, characteristics, content, systems approach, media…

Five observable and measurable course outcome criteria were developed for a graduate-level course in psychosocial aspects of physical disability; restructuring of the course achieved four of the five goals. The importance of setting observable goals for every rehabilitation counseling course is discussed with respect to the advantages. (Author)