Blended learning or hybrid courses that combine face-to-face and online learning are increasingly offered at colleges and universities across the United States, with growing evidence that they can enhance student learning. Their various pedagogies and technologies have prevented acceptance of a single, authoritative model for designing and…

In response to the need for qualified gemologists and the serious gap in gemological training, a study was directed and designed to develop an instructional program which could be used nationally and to establish a vocational gemology program at Paris Junior College. Following the selection of appropriate instructional materials, stations were…

The document is comprised of (1) a series of reports evaluating a SUTOE (Self Understanding Through Occupational Exploration) career education pilot project conducted in an Oregon City (Oregon) junior high school and (2) sample curriculum guides from that project. A brief project overview, emphasizing the interdisciplinary, team approach employed,…

This project report describes the development of a seventh-grade curriculum to promote microcomputer keyboarding skills, i.e., learning correct alpha-numeric reaches, developing proficiency in making appropriate reaches, using correct fingering without looking at the keyboard, and attaining a degree of speed and accuracy. Although the curriculum…

The study unit is intended for use by teachers in an exemplary project in career education in Bridgeport, Connecticut for the school year 1973-1974. It consists of three complete units each for the kindergarten through grade 8 levels with five career clusters identified for grades 6, 7, and 8. The units for use at the kindergarten level focus on…

The report describes the Biomedical Equipment Technology project carried out by Technical Education Research Centers between 1967 and 1974. The project developed a curriculum and a program for training biomedical equipment technicians in two-year schools. The report discusses the three phases of the project: development of pilot programs,…

A project was conducted to develop a curriculum package for use in providing inservice training to adult educators. The content of the package was determined by information gathered from a statewide survey of adult education directors in Utah, a review of adult development and learning literature, and discussions with leaders and researchers in…