This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on consumer rights and responsibilities is the third in a set of four core curriculum modules on consumer approach to homemaking education. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on consumer aspects in planning meals is the third in a set of five modules on consumer education related to foods and nutrition. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on individuals and families in crisis is the fourth in a set of five modules on consumer education related to human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on required skills for retail sales of furnishings and related household items is the second in a set of two modules on occupational education related to housing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on occupational opportunities related to foods and nutrition is the first in a set of three modules on occupational education related to foods and nutrition. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on occupational opportunities related to textiles and clothing is the first in a set of three modules on occupational education relating to textiles and clothing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and…

This report, submitted to the president of the College Entrance Examination Board, recommends ways the organization could both involve students in its ongoing affairs and become more responsive to the needs and concerns of the students who use, pay for, and are affected by the College Board's programs and services. Recommendations are made…

Ten units on health occupations are presented in this teacher's guide. The units are the following: special procedures; assisting with diagnostic procedures (e.g., collecting specimens); transporting patients; charting; medical laboratory procedures; giving standard first aid treatment; metrics for health occupations; human relations; safety; and…

An evaluation of TICCIT (Time-shared Interactive, Computer-controlled, Information Television) involved over 5,000 community college students in introductory algebra and English composition courses. Comparisons between computer-assisted instruction and lecture-discussion sections of the same courses focused on four aspects of student performance:…

If English teachers are an endangered species, as is sometimes said, they must attempt to survive by adapting to a changing environment and explaining their work to the public. Community college teachers should teach critical reading skills by starting with materials relevant to students' lives, should teach writing by stressing conceptual skills…

The Responsibility for Student Achievement Questionnaire (RSA) was designed to measure elementary or secondary school teachers' beliefs regarding their responsibility for their students' academic successes and failures. The 30 items were constructed in the alternative-weighting format; for each item describing student success or failure, the…

The intent of the second-year project was to (1) provide inservice training in competencies needed by vocational teachers to teach special needs students, (2) field test teachers' modules developed by the University of Pittsburgh, (3) establish the need and mode of delivery of vocational special needs inservice, and (4) develop a system of…

Book two, part one, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 42 lessons of text material and 42 prerecorded tapes. A typical unit is made up of spontaneous dialogues, substitution drills, and tests. A dialogue for listening is a short conversation between German speakers…

This annotated bibliography lists 89 entries of selected educational materials published in Pakistan during the period July-September 1978. Pakistan journals, newspapers, and government publications provide the sources of materials. They are organized in 20 categories: administration, organization, and financing of education; adult education;…

Over 6,000 sixth- and twelfth-grade students from 33 school districts in Kansas were tested in 13 areas of academic and non-academic skills: arts and humanities; communication; mathematics; career preparation; consumer preparation; environmental education; health; nutrition; preparation for a changing society; safety; self concept; science; and…