This handout is designed for students at Howard Community College who wish to earn upper-level credit in psychology through independent study or self-directed learning (SDL). Section I explains the differences between independent study, which involves the student meeting the instructor's course objectives through independent writing and research…

The course design explained and illustrated in this paper provides students with a number of learning activities from which they may select those most appealing to them. After an introduction setting the background for this multidimensional approach, a general course design is presented in which each learning activity has a point value and student…

This handbook for industrial educators is a resource to aid in integrating energy activities and implementing the Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12. Section 1 includes examples of three curriculum outlines: A Curriculum Guideline for Energy and Power; Power and Energy--Shawano IECP Project Curriculum…

Maintains that one challenge in teaching social sciences is finding ways to help students design, implement, and analyze their own social science research project. Describes a seventh-grade anthropology course in which students conducted research projects on gender issues. Includes an observations chart and two figures. (CFR)

This instructor's guide accompanies the self-paced student training modules on trowel trades, four of which are available separately as CE 032 869-872. Introductory materials include an introduction to pre-apprenticeship and its three phases of training, a recommended procedure for conducting pre-apprenticeship training, and a course outline.…