The 30th annual American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) Convention was held in Minneapolis in 1968. Topics for the AIAA general session addresses were: (1) "A Fresh Look at Industrial Arts," (2) "New Curricular Concepts," (3) "Making Education Relevant," (4) "Industrial Arts in an Educational System for the Seventies," (5) "New Concepts in…

Thirty-five home economics teacher educators participated in a seminar to evaluate and refine material originally developed under the leadership of the Home Economics Education Branch of the United States Office of Education under the title "Concepts Structuring in Home Economics Education Curriculum." The group was also given the assignment to…

The purpose of this paper is to describe 1.) the Death Education and Suicide Behavior course offered at the University of Maryland; 2.) the comments of the students both before and after the course as a means of determining any effect of the course; and 3.) some insights gained from teaching taboo topics such as human death and sexuality. The…

This resource guide was prepared for the teachers of academically talented children in grade four. As part of the curriculum materials developed for Special Class Demonstrations, this guide indicates a level and depth of study which was found to be rewarding and satisfying for gifted students. Because of the pace at which nearly all special class…

This self-study program for the high-school level contains lessons in the following subjects: Plants and Photosynthesis; The Human Digestive System; Functions of the Blood; Human Circulation and Respiration; Reproduction of a Single Cell; Reproduction by Male and Female Cells; The Human Reproductive System; Genetics and Heredity; The Nervous…

This self-study program for the high-school level contains lessons in the following subjects: Difficult Words to Spell; Sentences and Their Parts; Adjectives and Adverbs; Comparative Forms; Spelling ie and ei Words; Using Negatives Correctly; Using Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases; Spelling - ance and ence Words; Subject and Object Pronouns;…

This self-study program for the high-school level contains lessons in the following subjects: Spelling Endings Added to e; Capitalization; Question Marks and Exclamation Points; Quotation Marks; Spelling Double Letter Demons; Colons and Dashes; Punctuating Series with Commas and Semicolons; More Confusing Word Pairs; Separating Sentence Parts with…

The content is outlined and the terminal and enabling objectives are provided for a curriculum area on discipline (see EM 010 441, EM 010 442, EM 010 462, EM 010 470, and EM 010 471), part of an introduction to psychology and leadership course for the United States Naval Academy (see the final reports which summarize the course development…

This course will include the study of Greek mythology, philosophy, and drama and analyze their influence on modern man and his ideas. The course outline consists of: I. Performance Objectives; II. Range of Subject Matter; III. Course Content; IV. Teaching Strategies and Learning Activities; V. Student Resources -- a list of books relevant to Greek…

To assist States in implementing Highway Safety Program Standard 18, "Accident Investigation and Reporting", the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funded an instructor training program for a new occupational field in highway safety, accident investigation technician. The Center for Vocational and Technical Education executed this…

The major objectives of this study were: to determine whether information feedback provided during a difficult task would reduce State-Anxiety (A-State) and whether learner control of feedback would lead to further reductions in A-State. Another objective was to attempt to bridge cognitive and affective domains by examining relationships of the…

A quinmester course in English for fifth grade students is outlined in this guide. The primary purpose of the course is to develop language through current literature; a secondary purpose is to acquaint the pupils with different forms of current literature. The four areas of the course are Musical Lyrics, Current Articles, Short Stories, and…

This study resulted from an on-going evaluation of the 2-year engineering related technology curricula at Illinois Central College. The purpose of the research was to determine the appropriate course content for technical physics and mathematics, the level of theory to be taught, instructor qualifications, and the appropriate department for…

Through funds provided by the U.S. Office of Education and the Navajo Community College, a major accomplishment was realized in the development of a Navajo Studies Curriculum that reflects the thinking of the Navajos themselves. The most successful aspect of the project was the identification on the part of the Navajos of what they wanted included…

A course in introduction to music emphasizing modes and forms is presented. The approach used is a laboratory approach in which pupils will develop skill in playing wood-wind instruments, sing, listen to, read and compose music with emphasis on identification of elementary concepts of mode and form. Course objectives include: (1) pupil will select…