This School Improvement Model study examined the efficacy of three methods to improve administrator judgments of teacher performance: the preliminary perusal of teacher lesson plans, the use of lesson plan evaluation instruments, and the use of low inference (as opposed to high inference) lesson plan evaluation methods. Subjects included 529…

This guide is intended to assist Latin teachers and English teachers with background in Latin to expand the English vocabulary and reading skills of students through the study of Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. It is also intended to familiarize students with aspects of classical culture and its impact; to introduce orally some basic Latin;…

This instructor's manual accompanies a student workbook for a course in basic income tax return preparation. An introductory section contains a course schedule and lists of technical publications, textbooks, other resource materials necessary to the teaching of the course, forms required for student use during instruction, and transparencies.…

This handbook was developed to help the vocational teacher aid students in solving mathematical problems in vocational education classes. Most of the examples in the handbook were derived from metal-working and industrial mechanics classes; however, the procedures explained through them will work in any vocational class. The handbook is divided…

This instructional guide is intended for use within inservice or continuing education programs for people who work in long-term care facilities. This module includes an overview of the normal functions of the small and large intestines and discusses the structures of the intestines, absorption in the intestines, and commonly occurring conditions…

This supplementary law-related education packet provides student activity pages, teacher background information, and lesson ideas for teaching about the law in social studies classrooms. An introductory section provides a rationale for the unit, a guide for bringing law-related resource persons into the classroom, a teacher checklist for helping…

Activities to stimulate interest in and knowledge about economics among seventh graders are described in this paper. Major activities include: (1) initiating a round of student team interviews with parents and other working adults, (2) presenting a case-study simulation whereby a panel of community experts evaluates student decision-making and…

Designed for regular classroom as well as special class teachers, the guide is intended to help implement a differentiated curriculum for gifted and talented students. An overview of a synergistic approach to gifted education is followed by a list of 10 major steps in implementing gifted and talented programs. Each of the steps is then examined in…

As historians, we know that "factual" information should never be uncritically accepted. And yet, too often, that is exactly what we do with the maps we use to locate ourselves and our students. Evelyn Sweerts and Marie-Claire Cavanagh, who now work in a European School in Brussels but until recently worked in English schools, have…

This is a K-2 curriculum guide containing thirty-nine lessons about the individual and work. The lessons are grouped in four sections: (1) The Individual and His Environments (work topics; the concept of work; necessity of work to the individual and his physical and social environments; and the concepts of needs and wants); (2) World of Work…

Games for use in practicing rounding numbers and mental computation using tens and hundreds are described. The importance of estimation to computation is discussed. (SD)

Describes various topics which can be used to organize lesson plans for elementary school activities concerning the theory of light. Lists general and specific objectives for the lesson plans. (MLH)

This guide provides the teacher of multiethnic students with information and teaching resources on the Chaldeans. The guide provides background on the history and development of the Chaldean language, the history and geography of Chaldea (Iraq), and Chaldeans in the United States. Also covered are Chaldean social customs, religion, food, games and…