Citations of final reports of projects funded by the Division of Comprehensive and Vocational Education Research (DCVER) of the U.S. Office of Education are included in this bibliographic listing. Projects completed between July 1, 1964 and June 30, 1968 are grouped in a section titled, "Four Years of Research, Development and Training." Special…

Covering the Burlington school district's career education project for its first year from July 1975 through June 1976, the report describes a secondary program career education program emphasizing a combination of career clusters with student development plans. A sample population of 300 students from grades 7, 9, and 11 kept career folders and…

A model high school accounting cluster program was planned, developed, implemented, and evaluated in the Beaverton, Oregon, school district. The curriculum was developed with the help of representatives from the accounting occupations in the Portland metropolitan area. Through management interviews, identification of on-the job requirements, and…

The combined efforts of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and the Office of Education in addition to those of agricultural educators and leaders were utilized to develop a long-range project for education in agriculture through determining employment opportunities and training needs in farming and off-farm agricultural business…

The exemplary project was designed to develop a competency-based spiral curriculum for vocational education in Boone County, West Virginia. The project focused on the following areas: (1) survey of labor market requirements, (2) curriculum development, (3) staff development, (4) employer and community coordination, (5) facility development, and…

This assessment guide, developed by the Model Accounting Project at Aloha High School in the Beaverton, Oregon, school district, contains criteria statements that reflect factors deemed essential for quality instruction and overall effectiveness of the accounting program. The guide can be used by an instructor as a self-assessment instrument or by…

An assessment team of three industrial arts educators was sent to Utah to evaluate the Industrial Arts Career Exploration (IACE) program. Since its inception in 1975, the program has been implemented in thirty-eight of the state's middle and junior high schools. The major objectives of IACE are to reorient and expand the curriculum of the…

This report presents an overview of Project CDCC (Career Development Centered Curriculum), a curriculum-based career development program for students in grades K-6. The program's purpose, approach, definitions, and model are described. The approach stresses integrating career awareness with existing subject matter as well as building into the…

Based on a recent task inventory of key occupations in the accounting cluster taken in the Portland, Oregon, area, this curriculum guide is intended to assist administrators and teachers in the design and implementation of high school accounting cluster programs. The guide is divided into four major sections: program organization and…

The accounting cluster demonstration project conducted at Aloha High School in the Beaverton, Oregon, school district developed a model curriculum for high school accounting. The curriculum is based on interviews with professionals in the accounting field and emphasizes the use of computers. It is suitable for use with special needs students as…

Three California State Department units (vocational education, pupil personnel services, and career education) and two school districts (Fremont Unified and Huntington Beach Union High) established a consortium to develop demonstration sites for model career development and vocational preparation systems and staff development programs. The…