BY STUDYING VARIOUS FLES PROGRAMS, CERTAIN PROGRAM PATTERNS EMERGE THAT ARE WORTHY OF RECOMMENDATION FOR GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION. FOR EXAMPLE, THE THIRD OR FOURTH GRADE SHOULD BE THE OPTIMUM STARTING POINT FOR FLES, 15 TO 20 MINUTE CLASSES SHOULD BE HELD EARLY EACH DAY, CONSCIOUS ANALYSIS OF GRAMMAR SHOULD BE DIMINISHED, THE THREE-FOLD INTERPLAY OF…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of the newspaper as instructional material to promote classroom verbal interaction. Eight experimental classes (two each of tenth-grade English, sixth-grade reading and algebra, and eleventh-grade American history) used the newspaper for one week as an instructional tool to reach previously…

This is the first part of a report of a large-scale national study of the induction of beginning teachers in Australia. The present research program was undertaken in the belief that this growing interest would be well-served by a better understanding of the nature of a person's transition from student in a teachers' college or university to…

This training monograph was produced by the Manpower Development Higher Education System and provides manpower planners with the types of theoretical and practical information necessary to achieve planning effectiveness. The training is designed for delivery on three consecutive days. The material is most appropriate for the new planner or for the…

Suggestions and learning activities to help secondary students learn social studies skills are contained in this document. Social studies skills make it possible for the learner to employ those intellectual processes necessary in obtaining or handling knowledge. Five selected skill development areas are discussed; each area contains a number of…

Students at the University Without Walls (UWW) of the University of Minnesota design their own program by writing a Long Term Degree Plan to describe how they plan to demonstrate their competence in each of UWW's seven graduation criteria. Because students have experienced difficulty in writing the plan, a seminar in process education was…

This paper describes an experimental course in which the author taught students to improve their learning skills. It is a first step toward constructing a systematic body of knowledge about learning strategies. The course covered four topics, chosen because they were complex enough to require several weeks to make progress, but simple enough that…

A model was developed for implementing career education into an existing curriculum and is composed of four essential elements based on a perceived need: needs assessment, participation facilitation, curriculum design and implementation process. Each element of the model is totally dependent on the completion of the components comprising each…

The curriculum guide outlines a course designed to provide instruction in the selection, preparation, and installation of hardware for door assemblies. The course is divided into five blocks of instruction (introduction to doors and hardware, door hardware, exterior doors and jambs, interior doors and jambs, and a quinmester post-test) totaling…

This lengthy document describes a Career Achievement Skills Training (CAST) program, implemented in Pontiac, Michigan, a highly industrialized city of 120,000 located approximately 30 miles from Detroit. The purpose of the program was to deliver career achievement skills to selected K-12 students. Through the skill processes presented in the CAST…

The first two sections of the driver education curriculum guide for grades 9-12 provide brief statements concerning program description and course objectives. Section 3 is divided into two parts: the first part deals with classroom teaching and includes a nine-unit course outline on driving skills and driver preparation and an appendix consisting…

Many books and papers have been written on the mechanics of supervision, but few of these materials deal with the concept of human relations and supervision. This brief paper looks at the humaneness of supervision--a necessary ingredient for successful supervisory skill. (Author)

This Environmental Education Teacher's Guide, developed for use in the junior high school, is designed to familiarize teachers with how an environmental education program can help in their teaching and in achieving the goals of the school. The suggested core activities in this guide are designed to be a motivating way of introducting junior high…

This Environmental Education Teacher's Guide, developed for use in the junior high school, is designed to familiarize teachers with how an environmental education program can help in their teaching and in achieving the goals of the school. The suggested core activities in this guide are designed to be a motivating way of introducing junior high…

The final report covers the three phases of Project CAREER/Handicapped, the purpose of which was to design a system of coding behavioral objectives which would document the skills that could be attained by special needs students. Project objectives and procedures are discussed. The major results and accomplishments of the project include the…