The course prepares the business education student to maintain voucher systems, inventory and budgetary controls, including notes, drafts, and business taxes. The student should have attained the objectives of Partnership Accounting prior to enrollment. Course content includes equipment and supplies, the voucher system, inventory control systems,…

The course of study represents the second of six modules in advanced crop and soil science and introduces the agriculture student to the subject of physical features of the soil. Upon completing the two day lesson, the student will be able to determine the texture and structural types of soil, list the structural classes of the soil and where they…

The course outline has been prepared as a guide to assist the instructor to plan systematically and to present meaningful lessons programmed to meet the necessary training needed by the machine shop student. A beginning course, the four blocks of instruction contained in the outline are designed to enable the student to obtain the manipulative…

The course covers the standards used in the electronic field, electrical drawings, electronic drafting, and parts of functional drafting. The student will become familiar with symbols used in these fields and become proficient with tools and reference material used in drawing schematics and mechanical details and in electrical and electronic…

Designed for students interested in engineering fields pertaining to mechanical and electronic drafting, the course covers several types of drawings in the mechanical and electronic drafting field and many types of machine shop operations. The student will become familiar with stress, loading, safety factors, and manufacturing processes. The…

Methods of instruction and organization are discussed in the first chapter, including critiques of the Winnetka plan and the Dalton plan. The next author argues that algebra is a method of thinking and explains some mental processes involved. The following three chapters are concerned with the functional concept. Using function as a unifying…

This resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, introduces eighth graders to the executive process. The unit uses case studies of presidential decision making such as the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the Cuba Bay of Pigs and quarantine decisions, and the Little Rock decision. A case study of…

This resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, introduces eighth graders to political parties and elections. Ways in which political scientists study voting behavior, sampling techniques, problems arising from interpreting findings, and the use of correlational studies are presented. The unit includes an…

Results of a survey of precollege psychology conducted in 1973 are presented. The survey consisted of 1000 mailed questionnaires, 419 of which returned to be analyzed. Each of the 30 questionnaire items is stated and the results listed. Responses show that most schools which replied have over 1,000 students, that most teachers have taught…

This Crisis Paper is thirty-third in a series which expands the analysis of the crisis under discussion to provide a multi-national view of the issue by quoting comment from a selection of newspapers and journals of several countries. A brief introduction outlines the history and background of the energy crisis, emphasizing the underestimated…

The course of study, an experimental model intended for use in secondary grades and higher education, centers on mankind in a global context. Main objectives of the course are to help students understand with cognitive depth the realities of global systems, interdependencies, and imbalances and develop conscious attitudes toward their own beliefs…

This report is designed to bring schoolmen and other interested citizens up to date on sensitive areas where religion and public education frequently touch off heated debate, therefore it probes the question of school prayers, teaching of evolution, classroom study of the Bible, as well as the pros and cons of government aid to nonpublic…

A total of 710 participants representing 371 agency members attended one of six 2-day workshops, which constituted the second phase of a 3-year curriculum development program and were designed to: (1) identify course objectives in relation to level objectives, (2) select subject matter and learning experiences appropriate to achievement of course…

The ideal linguistics course for undergraduates planning to teach a foreign language is one taught by a specialist thoroughly familiar with the linguistic problems of the language in question. The specialist should also be aware of the comparative problems of the student's native language. American students expecting to teach a foreign language…

To identify environmental technician positions in the public and private sectors of the San Francisco Bay Area as well as to determine the skills and knowledge necessary for employment in the field, questionnaires were distributed to companies, agencies, individuals of the private sector in the area, and 33 institutions offering an Occupational…