This teacher's guide for grades K-2 contains simulated work experiences for students using the isolated skill concept, crawling and/or squatting. Teacher instructions include objectives, evaluation, and sequence of activities. The guide contains pre-tests and post-tests with instructions and answer keys. Three pre-skill activities are suggested,…

This teacher's guide for grades K-2 contains simulated work experiences for students using the isolated skill concept, color discrimination. Teacher instructions include objectives, evaluation, and sequence of activities. The guide contains pre-tests and post-tests with instructions and answer keys. Three pre-skill activities are suggested, such…

This paper is intended as a guide for the use and development of simulation games in the classroom. To justify the use of such games at a time when the public is demanding a return to "the basics," the paper cites 30 ways in which simulations can contribute to student learning, including the following: (1) simulations help to motivate students;…

This teacher's guide for grades 3 and 4 contains simulated work experiences for students using the isolated skill concept - creativity. Teacher instructions include objectives, evaluation, and sequence of activities. The guide contains pre-tests and post-tests with instructions and answer keys. Two pre-skill activities are suggested, such as…

This teacher's guide contains simulated work experiences for 5th and 6th grade students using the isolated skill concept - measuring. Teacher instructions include objectives, evaluation, and sequence of activities. The guide contains pre-tests and post-tests with instructions and answer keys. Three pre-skill activities are suggested, such as…

This teacher's guide for grades 3 and 4 contains simulated work experiences for students using the isolated skill concept - assembling in sequence. Teacher instructions include objectives, evaluation, and sequence of activities. The guide contains pre-tests and post-tests with instructions and answer keys. Three pre-skill activities are suggested,…

This teacher's guide contains simulated work experiences for 5th and 6th grade students using the isolated skill concept - oral persuasion. Teacher instructions include objectives, evaluation, and sequence of activities. The guide contains pre-tests and post-tests with instructions and answer keys. Two pre-skill activities are suggested, such as…

In high school distributve education classes the selling function is usually interpreted as it relates to retail sales. The industrial sales representative, however, must act on his own in the field, making decisions without consultation with his superiors. As the total distributive education program grows in sophistication, there is a need to…

A variety of methods can be used to resolve environmental controversies, such as passing new laws, enforcing existing laws, conducting public education programs, and creating new governmental management agenceis. In many instances the courts become the site for environmental decision-making. The purpose of this activity is to help acquaint…

Including primarily interaction exercises to increase the counselor's understanding of vocational education opportunities, this training manual for school counselors is intended to (1) raise the awareness of the trainee; (2) revise the attitudes of the trainee; and (3) encourage action by the trainee. The activities are divided into three units…

The teacher's guide to elementary level career education is comprised of 11 units of learning activities, two each for grades 1-6. Each unit is a simulation of a career cluster; through active participation in the simulation, the students develop career awareness as well as curriculum-related concepts in math, language, reading, social studies,…

A teacher's guide to six career education units--one for each of the elementary grades--has been compiled from a series of complete guides for each grade. Each of the six representative units includes step-by-step instructions for teacher activities in preparing and carrying out a simulated career experience; related curriculum concepts in math,…

This economics simulation game complements the third grade Gold Mining Unit developed by Project Social Studies at the University of Minnesota. The simulation is designed for three purposes: 1) to reinforce the prior learning which occurs in the gold mining camp unit; 2) to involve eight-year-olds in the process of solving simulated economic…

The Alpha Crisis Game, a simulation for secondary students about the outbreak of World War I, is intended as an introduction to a case study of the July 1917 crisis. Playing in teams while deciding among the action choices to solve the crisis situation, students act as heads of state and ministers of five mythical European countries, when an…

This employer's manual is part of a position simulation for use in an office applications laboratory at the postsecondary level. The purpose of the simulation is to give the student an opportunity to perform those tasks and duties performed by a legal secretary. The employer's manual serves as a general guide to the position simulation. It…