To be effective for student self-use, consumer education learning activity packages (LAPS) should include most of the following: instructional set materials, diagnostic materials, behavioral objectives, sequenced learning activities, checkpoints, a student self-test, and a teacher test. (Author)

The article on LAPS describes selected parts of a LAP (sequenced learning activities, checkpoints, self-test, and teacher test), technique for developing LAPs for slow learners, and a detailed checklist for evaluating LAPs in consumer education. (Author/BP)

Describes a project to produce individually prescribed learning modules in computerized office operations developed and field-tested by business education teachers for their classrooms in a graduate program at the University of Delaware; the project integrated the computer as a resource tool and incorporated multimedia materials into modules. ( MF)