Curriculum standards provide classroom teachers with frameworks to guide instruction during the academic year and throughout a student's schooling. Unfortunately, standards are misconstrued as all-encompassing--as a compendium of all mathematics content that can and should be taught to students. Such a view is unfortunate. Mathematics teachers…

Very little research has been conducted on the teaching of entrepreneurship, in particular in vocational education. Entrepreneurship is included in the national curriculum of many European countries, but there is concern over the competence of its teachers and their training in entrepreneurship (European Commission 2009, 14). This article explores…

Given the growing literature on and documented importance of workplace stress, it is suggested that this topic deserves more than a casual mention in introductory management classes. The current article reviews a comprehensive course dedicated to the phenomenon of stress in the work setting, which addresses issues such as theories, demands and…

Describes the aims of science teaching - to impart useful information to the student, and to discipline the minds of students in the scientific method. (AN)

Response Article Nr.2 on a special topic: "The Means-Ends Problem of Education in the Humanities. See AA 502 148 and AA 502 149 for the main article and the first response article, respectively.

Recommendations on how to write behavioral objectives and how to use them as a guide to selecting an appropriate teaching method. (RT)

Teachers who state lesson plan topics in the form of a problem, who state objectives in terms of specific skill performances expected, and who construct test questions to assess the skills involved are taking important steps towards maximizing their success as inquiry teachers. (Author)

The operationalizing of all learning goals is constantly required in the teaching of English. The article deals critically with this requirement. Arguments for and against an extreme operationalizing are systematized, contradictions are revealed, and goal areas in the teaching of English at Secondary grade 2, which are suited or unsuited as points…

The booklet, designed as a practical guide, deals with the preparation of instructional objectives for teaching and testing. Emphasized are the statement of instructional objectives as learning outcomes and the definition of the objectives in terms of specific types of behavior (knowledge or skills) expected of students at the end of the learning…

This paper describes four journalism courses designed to develop students' visual sense and then channel that sense into the field of advertising. "Visual Communication" is a basic course in the elements of design which attempts to demonstrate to students that there are rules and order which comprise good design. "Publication…

The learning effect of instructional objectives treatment in economics was tested by seeing if significant differences existed in mean achievement scores of the economic understanding of students using the treatment and those with no treatment. During the 1970 fall semester, 300 students from three community colleges in California (Cypress, Mount…

Describes the objectives of, and methods used in, a course for near-illiterate young adults. (SP)

Attempts to formulate practical objectives in teaching foreign language classes. Phase one presents materials, and phase two relates grammatical structures and textbook materials to students' own interest and personal experience. (DS)

An approach is presented that allows teachers to examine their teaching strategies and gradually redesign them if necessary. Objectives are defined and/or clarified as a result of the ongoing teacher-student activities. The model consists of four major parts: (1) preliminary identification of overall classroom goals, (2) identification of current…

Argues that instruction in sociology on the college level should work toward the following four intellectual goals: (1) understanding social determinism; (2) relativizing culture; (3) developing a sense of social realism; and (4) instilling skills in critical evaluation. (Author/DB)