Five activities are presented in this student workbook designed for exploration of a career in computers, and the mathematics related to that career. Included are activities on basic computer language, flow charts, and basic computer programming. Each activity includes the objective, materials needed, and information for completing the activity.…

Ten projects which used mathematics as a major element to infuse career education into the regular school curriculum are presented in the reivew. The projects generally include programs for grades K-12. The report analyzes the ten projects from the standpoint of whether or not mathematics was involved as a subject area and, if so, to what extent.…

An investigation compared achievement of secondary school students completing a two-year integrated chemistry-physics course (experimental group) with that of students enrolled in separate chemistry and physics courses (control group). A major finding was that of superior achievement in both chemistry and physics of control group students.…

There is agreement that students need stronger basic skills when they leave secondary programs; employeers seek entry-level workers with problem-solving and decision-making skills as well as math, science, and communication skills. Basic skills instruction must be an imperative component of vocational education programs. (JOW)

Describes a program at Pennsylvania's Dauphin County Technical School that has moved beyond providing vocational students with basic communication and mathematics skills and is incorporating vocationally-oriented competency-based instruction into all academic areas. (JOW)

Describes a pilot project in applied academics that involved hiring certified mathemathics and science instructors so that students could obtain academic rather than vocational credit for material that vocational instructors had previously taught. (JOW)

The survey described here identified suitable consumer topics which can be infused into industrial courses at all grade levels. The survey reinforced the development of sound consumer skills as an important objective of industrial arts education. (SK)

Integrating a program of biotechnology into the curriculum can help increase student enrollment, stimulate interest, and add educational value and diversity to a school. The program can be a stand-alone program, an independent research study, or a module to be included as part of existing technical courses. (Author/JOW)

This study investigates the phraseological patterning that occurs in reporting clauses used to make references to others' research. It examines finite reporting clauses with "that"-clause complement and draws upon two corpora of theses written by native speakers in contrasting disciplines: approximately 190,000 words in politics/international…

This booklet is intended to instruct local high school educators on how to write a career education support unit curriculum which provides students with activities that will enable them to acquire the basic understanding and skills essential to function effectively within their economic system. Written in a question/answer format, this guide…

The first two papers in this booklet provide a review of the pervasiveness of symmetry in nature and art, discussing how symmetry can be traced through every domain open to our understanding, from all aspects of nature to the special provinces of man; the checks and balances of government, the concept of equal justice, and the aesthetic ordering…

Geography, the "Mother of Sciences," antedates other disciplines and has its origins in antiquity when Greek scholars compiled descriptions of the earth in so-called "topographias." Since then, other sciences have branched out and geography has become the subject of much controversy. Taught in the United States in conjunction…

Describes a three-day workshop designed to provide math instructors with an understanding of how the skills they teach are applied and reinforced in vocational education programs. (JOW)

Briefly reviews the broad-based first degree programs in British Universities and considers the general problems of such programs. Explains the general approach used at the University of Leeds, including seven combined degree programs with physics as one principle subject. Employment prospects for graduates are considered good. (PR)

The author challenges certain curricular conceptions, based on aesthetic discourse, professional occupational descriptions, and instrumentalist social applications which he believes have hindered the development and integration of art critical and historical education into the high school studio art program. (Author/SJL)