A project to develop competency-based teaching modules in home economics is reported by its principal investigator. Ten modules for job cluster training were developed and found effective in field testing for nongraded, competency-based curriculums that can be used in any number of situations. Instructions for ordering the modules are included.…

Describes a study conducted at the Curricular-Career Information Service, Florida State University, Tallahassee, to develop a leisure planning module using the LEAP (Leisure Education Advancement Project) of the National Recreation and Park Association and to determine the module's effect on students' changing leisure awareness. (MF)

Research for Better Schools (RBS) has operated INROADS, a career development program for minority youth, for 13 years and the High School Academies, a work-study program aimed at potential high school dropouts, for 14 years. RBS found that a new approach to educational research and development was needed when working in partnership with the…

The energy manpower research project was established to review the process used to identify skills needed in emerging energy sources and to discover any new occupations for which additional post-high school, vocational/technical training would be needed. A supplemental part of the project was the development of a solar energy instructional module.…