The goals and objectives of a college library instruction program should be developed jointly by library staff and composition faculty. Such a program should (1) attempt to overcome student insecurity and confusion about conducting research; (2) focus on tools and skills necessary at each university level; (3) emphasize the unique aspects of the…

Presented is a statement of goals and objectives for mathematics education for kindergarten through grade eight by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools. Directions and priorities are established and more specific instructional objectives for the listed grade levels are emphasized. The major program goals listed are: Number Awareness,…

Describes a program implemented by a British secondary school which linked students taking economics or commerce courses with industry. There were five components in the program: industrial and commercial visits, guest speakers, the young enterprise scheme (i.e., some students started their own businesses), field studies, and evaluation reports.…

The growth and development, professional development, and recognition of this cooperative program are described. Highlighted is the program in the department of chemistry. Programs in other science departments are also discussed. (CW)

A city planner's writing is usually not "technical" in the sense that the writing of engineers is technical. In each planning genre, extremely complex information, some of it "technical"--numbers, projections, and so forth--must be communicated clearly. For the professional planner, there are often severe time constraints and the need to proceed…

The mathematics education goals for Montgomery County Public Schools are listed in this public policy statement. The basic skills in mathematics that the school system wants each child to attain are the ability to perform computations, solve common problems of mathematics and logic, and understand the structure of mathematics so it can be a useful…

The mathematics education goals for Montgomery County Public Schools are listed in this public policy statement. This is the second of two booklets describing the entire school system's mathematics program, and grades nine through twelve are focused upon. The basic skills in mathematics that the school system wants each child to attain are the…

A five-chapter manual provides a model for involving the state attorney general and the business and professional communities in law-related consumer education at the elementary school level. Chapter I, introduction, describes the history and special features of the program as it was developed for the St. Louis (Missouri) public schools. Chapter…

This curriculum was developed by a coalition of business and educational organizations, Project Workplace Literacy Partners in Chicago, to provide beginning workplace literacy instruction. The basic core curriculum is adaptable for use in a variety of workplace settings and in both job-specific and general work skills courses. The curriculum…

Lorain County Community College (LCCC) has provided training programs for the employees of the United States Steel Corporation since 1969 and for the Lorain Telephone Company since 1977. These training programs are campus-based, and the students attend classes for four or five week periods at a time. An effort has been made to adhere as closely as…