The manual provides teaching approaches based on a model of least to highest modification of instruction, which may be used for a continuum of special education placements ranging from regular classroom through hospital settings. The first section on adaptive techniques (requiring the least modification) includes suggestions to adjust time for…

RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTIONS, AND POLICIES FOLLOWED IN ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPING A PROGRAM FOR EDUCATING THE MORE ABLE STUDENTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND, WERE PRESENTED. SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES WHICH GUIDED THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS ARE--TO IDENTIFY THE MORE ABLE STUDENTS AT AN EARLY STAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND PROVIDE IMPROVED…

One of a series of publications for teachers, consultants, and administrators, the guide offers recommendations for curriculum development and science instruction for gifted students in grades 7-12. Discussed in the introductory chapter is creation of a school environment that fosters skills of interdependence (Communication with other scientists)…

This document serves as an instructional text for teaching students the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) competencies. The SCANS competencies encompass basic skills (reading, writing, and arithmetic), thinking skills (creative thinking, decision-making, reasoning and problem-solving), and personal qualities such as…

AN ENGLISH PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE PRINCIPLES AND AIMS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THE STUDENT IN A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL HAS BEEN MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR A SPECIFIC OCCUPATION. THE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH COURSE SHOULD CAPITALIZE ON THIS MOTIVATION BY OFFERING THE STUDENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS CLOSELY RELATED TO HIS…

This resource guide is designed to help principals acquaint themselves and their teachers with instructional television (ITV) programming and to assist in the supervision of ITV use to obtain the optimum educational value for students. A brief introduction presents a rationale for the educational use of television and describes the Nebraska State…

Part of a manufacturing cluster series which addresses itself to career awareness, orientation, exploration, and preparation, this guide and its accompanying student manual were written as a direct followup of the instructor's guide and student manual titled "Exploring Manufacturing Occupations." Four major sections are included. The first section…

This guide provides an outline of possible course content for a 2-year physical education studies program during years 9 and 10. Teachers will need to supplement the ideas and materials presented in the guide with ideas and information of their own, using the guide as a starting point and resource for developing their own programs. Most of the…

This teaching guide represents the 11th grade career guidance unit, one of a 5-part guidance activity book for students in grades 8 through 12. Each unit is presented as a 2-week long program, with supplemental activities included to allow for expansion to 4 weeks. Introductory suggestions to facilitators are provided, focusing on activity…

With an acute awareness of learning problems among inner-city students, the teachers in New Haven, Connecticut, modified their courses to relate to the opportunities and challenges of modern education. They reorganized the traditional, year-long, survey history courses into quarter miniunits which emphasize the inquiry approach to analyzing…

The major focus of this guide and its accompanying student manual (CE 010 397) is to help the student understand the manufacturing enterprise. (The guide and student manual are part of a manufacturing cluster series which addresses itself to career awareness, orientation, exploration, and preparation.) Seven sections are included. An overview of…

The activities and materials in this teacher's guide are designed to help students understand and appreciate their heritage during the American Bicentennial. The collection is intended for use in Rhode Island schools. Seven component areas are identified and serve as chapter titles. Each is designed to explore one or more of the themes focusing on…

The Yale-New Haven History Education Project began in Spring 1970 with the expressed goal of improving the quality and relevance of secondary school history courses in New Haven's public schools. Thirty Yale history professors worked with a comparable number of high school teachers and created approximately eighty "mini-courses" in…

In a typical classroom business project, students produce and sell a product to other students in their school or to parents and members of the community. Such projects can be an excellent opportunity for students to begin to develop and apply a wide range of skills and for educators to teach important economics and business concepts. This booklet…

The rationale for providing university teaching improvement courses is documented and explained. Although graduate students in modern universities are typically well prepared to criticize, formulate, and conduct high level research projects in their respective disciplines, no parallel training in critiquing, formulating, and carrying out teaching…