The catalog had been compiled as a resource to assist school district personnel in building or refining curricula using behaviorally stated objectives. It was developed in response to a multitude of requests about existing collections of instructional objectives; the subject areas available; and the grade levels covered. This inventory of…

A learning packet is a unit of study on any given topic which allows the student to work somewhat independently from his/her teacher and from the learning rate of the remainder of the class. Most learning packets contain a self-assessment test to find out exactly where the student is with respect to a particular skill. Good learning packets…

This program manual provides materials for implementation of a Managing Independent Living Program for adult female offenders in a state residential facility. It also can be adapted appropriately for other institutionalized populations experiencing a transition to more independent community living and for non-institutionalized persons encountering…

A review of the literature base on competency-based education (CBE) as it relates to vocational education (competency-based vocational education or CBVE) is presented in this information analysis paper. The following topics are discussed: differences between traditional and competency-based education; growth and breadth of CBVE (including…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 22 titles deal with the following topics: computer-assisted instruction; school characteristics and reading achievement; the process of reading acquisition; on-task behavior, teacher involvement, and reading achievement; the…