Nonvocational typing courses consist of efforts in the same four goal areas (machine, production, technical information and language skills) as the vocational courses, but the ratios are different and the nonvocational course is shorter in length. (BP)

This article described a miniature throwing course for grades three, four, and five. (Author/RK)

Article focused on the introduction of creative ways of thinking early in the prospective teacher's college career thereby making him or her a more effective learner in all areas. (Author/RK)

Thirty-nine short courses in English are described by their originators. (JH)

Microcomputer modules were developed to help Pennsylvania State University students and inservice teachers develop 10 generic competencies regarding working with handicapped students in the least restrictive environment. Competencies touch on understanding the legal bases for education in the least restrictive environment, making use of…

Prepared as an aid to implementing a theatre production course for grades 9 through 12, this guide is designed to enable students who are participating in play production activities to receive recognition and academic credit for their many hours of creative and educational endeavor. The first portion of the guide answers questions frequently asked…

A proposal is presented for a Community College of Philadelphia course, entitled "An Introduction to Commercial Security," which is intended to provide an introduction and analysis of the security administration function. Following a standard cover form, a statement of purpose for the course notes the rapid growth of the security…

Presents ideas for the development of courses and curriculums in the mass media. (RB)

The purpose of Moraine Valley's newspaper course is to provide an instructional delivery system for a large audience of nonstudents in the district, utilizing a familiar education resource (newspaper). (Author)

The 1,175 composition topics that appear in this special edition of the "Illinois English Bulletin" are suggested as possibilities for high school student writing assignments. After a brief statement about how secondary English teachers might use the topics in their classes, the topics are categorized by subject matter and types of composition.…

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the interactive effects of prior mathematics preparation and instructional method on achievement in an introductory calculus course taught by both Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and conventional approaches. Subjects were 248 university students, 60 from the self-paced method and 188 from…

This project endeavored to develop a high school course for use in the classroom and for use with a computer-controlled system of programed lessons. Many difficulties such as those in the display and control of figures were encountered in trying to organize and prepare the material for the computer. The conclusion reached was that the solution to…

This four-part report discusses the planning of modules through the use of a matrix and contains two case studies as illustration. Part 1, "Applying the Matrix to an Existing Course Outline," shows how to analyze a course outline, adapt it to a matrix, and plan appropriate modules. Part 2, "Matrix Analysis," examines the matrix in order to…

Frequency counts of content emphases in each text section and laboratory exercise of the first commercial edition of the three versions of the BSCS materials were made in terms of the nine common BSCS content objectives. Two high schools used each version with teachers experienced in and trained for that version. Students were pre- and posttested…