A diagnostic test of metric measurement skills was administered to 283 summer Vestibule Program students in 1978 at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Results of the testing showed that most of the deaf students lacked an understanding of the information needed for metric living. (Author)

This report lists the accomplishments of a metric leader training project, which include production of a training manual and a series of workshops. Major events and activities are also listed. The evaluation report includes summaries of biographic data and profiles of participants in training, data on cognitive and affective dimensions of…

Outlines of five sessions of the Metric Leader Training Project for Maine are included in this publication. Topics are: (1) Introduction - Length - Temperature; (2) Volume/Capacity - Mass/Weight; (3) Metric Advocacy - Length - Area - Temperature; (4) Metric Education Resources; and (5) Metric Education Planning - Metric Olympics - Final…

These guidelines serve as an introduction to a set of eight course curricula in the VESL (Vocational English as a Second Language) program. This document introduces the reader to the VESL concept; multi-cultural, competency-based materials of VESL (sequential modules, translated lexicons, grammatical structure for modules, punctuation and…

This guide contains background materials and ideas for vocational education teachers to use in planning learning activities on the metric system for their students. Organized into eight chapters, the book covers the following topics: overview of the metric system; program administration; metrics in agricultural education; in business and…