In a study to evaluate an approach for improving the critical thinking skills of middle school science students, 60 students were given the assignment of completing three guided laboratory activities and writing a report for each. In writing their reports, students were expected to identify the manipulated variable, identify the responding…

The paper discusses how computer assisted instruction can increase student interest and participation in history courses on the college level. An instructor might make use of a computer as an ancillary data bank system, a device for examining student understanding of course material, and a means of creating simulation and other educational games.…

This packet is designed to assist teachers and counselors of Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Graduate Equivalent Degree (GED) students to conduct practical individualized and small group workshops geared toward helping ABE students to look for a job. Each session is designed to take approximately three hours and employ the following formats: large…

The use of admission interview comments to predict clinical clerkship success of medical students was evaluated. Narrative comments made by admissions interviewers regarding an applicant's skills and attitudes were coded, as were narrative evaluations of these students during year III of required clerkships in pediatrics and internal medicine in…

One of a series of pre-apprenticeship training modules, this self-paced student training module deals with group problem solving, goal setting, and decision making. Included in the module are the following: cover sheet listing module title, goals, and performance indicators; introduction; cover sheet/study guide with directions for module…

Designed for use as a part of the Work Maturity Skills Training Program, this unit consists of instructional materials dealing with cooperating with others. (The Work Maturity Skills Training Program is a set of individualized competency-based units that are designed to help participants develop the competencies they need to find and retain jobs.)…

Designed to utilize an infusion technique, this guide to career options for teenage parents contains eleven learning units: (1) Values Assessment Related to Careers; (2) Decision Making for the Pregnant Teenager; (3) Skills Assessment for Employment Options; (4) Decision Making Applied to Careers; (5) Creating a Job Interview File; (6) Basic…

This study was conducted in an attempt to identify any predictor or combination of predictors of a beginning typewriting student's success. Variables of intelligence, rhythmic ability, musical background, and tapping ability were combined to study their relationship to typewriting speed and accuracy. A sample of 109 high school students was…

Focusing on clothing, this module is one of eight included in the Vocational Education Readiness Test (VERT). The module begins by listing the objectives of the module and describing tools and equipment needed. The remainder of the module contains sections on manipulative skills, trade vocabulary, tool identification, trade computational skills,…

This set of social studies resource materials was designed to help Oklahoma teachers supplement or replace curriculum used for kindergarten through sixth grade. Each of the seven sections in the document presents a topic for an elementary grade: Myself, Kindergarten; My Group, Grade 1; My Neighborhood, Grade 2; My City, Grade 3; My State, Grade 4;…

Three sets of lesson plans for junior and senior grade levels are presented to develop skills in (1) functioning in the social structure, (2) developing a democratic conscience, and (3) formulating personal values of work ethics. The lesson plans are designed to be taught in logical order for developing the hobby clubs concept throughout the…

This manual provides vocational instructors in public schools with standardized procedures in the form of a Vocational Education Readiness Test (VERT) for assessing the vocational potential of educable mentally handicapped (EMR) secondary school students. The various stages of VERT's development are traced: (1) visits with vocational trade…

One in a series designed to assist Arizona elementary and junior high school teachers in developing children's traffic safety skills, this curriculum guide contains nine lessons on sidewalk vehicles and bicycles for use in kindergarten and grade 1. Introductory information provided for the teacher includes basic highway safety concepts, stressing…

Language arts textbooks provide the materials for this curriculum design based on thematic units of literature. Focused on stimulating student motivation, stressing skill practice and offering feedback through discussion and authors' workshops, this design lists sample terminal objectives for developing the following language arts skills for…

Designed for elementary and secondary use in the social studies, this guide provides activities for learning the basic elements and the history of architecture. Through this study, students develop critical observation skills and investigate buildings as manifestations of religious, social, and personal values. The historical overview traces the…