This document contains abstracts of 167 studies in agricultural education completed during the period of July 1, 1980, to June 30, 1981. Thirty-one of the completed studies represent staff research, 87 represent master's studies, and 47 represent doctoral dissertations. Studies are arranged alphabetically by state and alphabetically by author…

DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) is an approach to curriculum development that can also be used as a method of curriculum evaluation. To implement the DACUM process, a group of resource persons from the community works together to define the competencies or skills that are essential to a vocation. The result of the analysis is organized into a…

A project was undertaken to counteract low auto restraint usage rates for children in North Carolina through a comprehensive program with emphasis in the areas of educational activities, establishment of child restraint loan and rental programs across the State, development of educational materials and public awareness activities, and monitoring…

A project was conducted to develop and implement a program of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for students enrolled in adult basic education (ABE) and general educational development (GED) programs throughout Arizona. The following activities were completed during development of the comprehensive ABE/GED CAI program: identification and…

The time constraints facing most Navy instructors often preclude their providing feedback concerning poor performance of trainees in various military training programs that takes into account such psychological considerations as contiguity, repetition, reinforcement, or consideration of a learner's internal conditions of learning. The Instructor's…

The purpose of the Institute was to provide for improving the quality of vocational teacher preparation by developing the skill of selected teacher educators and other decisionmakers to adapt, utilize, and evaluate performance-based vocational teacher education (PBTE) curricula. The Institute consisted of a series of instructional components…

In order to determine the effectiveness of improved information dissemination and assessment techniques in reducing highway accidents, a set of seven targeted driver license manuals and tests were developed for the following groups of drivers: new drivers, youthful drivers, renewal applicants, older drivers, traffic violators, accident repeaters,…

A project was undertaken to develop and validate English-as-a-second-language (ESL) materials for use with the occupational knowledge section of the Indiana adult basic education (ABE) curriculum guide, "Learning for Everyday Living." Developed during the project were 10 units designed to develop the ESL skills necessary to understand…

This study is the main element of the summative evaluation of "Freestyle," a television series on sex-role stereotyping and career awareness. The series was developed for fourth to sixth graders viewing it at home or at school and contains 13 half-hour episodes. In seven test sites across the country, 268 teachers used…

This report describes the technical assistance provided to the states of New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia during a project on vocational education models for linking agencies serving the handicapped. Described first are the nature and scope of the project. Covered in a summary of technical assistance provided to New Jersey are the New Jersey…

Three states--Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia--served as model states for a project on vocational education models for linking agencies serving the handicapped. Using a multi-agency team with members representing vocational education, special education, rehabilitation, guidance, and other agencies at the state level, each state developed a…

This report outlines development of a plan for assessing state and local efforts in the elimination of sex bias and discrimination in vocational education in Illinois. The first section presents in chart form the review of Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education data sources on sex equity. The second section contains the Plan to…

Designed to meet the needs of all persons involved or interested in bilingual/multicultural education in Alaskan communities, the Fifth Annual Bilingual-Multicultural Education Conference provided workshop presentations, speeches, and exhibits in the areas of program planning, curriculum and materials development, staff training, classroom…

The purpose of this project was to communicate career education philosophy, methods, program activities, and evaluation results to rural Appalachian career education practitioners and the general public. The project accomplished six major objectives: (1) refined and published 500 copies of the ten best career education units, grades 1-9, developed…

To develop a competency-based curriculum guide for merchandising/marketing for the University of Hawaii Community College System, a project (1) reviewed and developed a list of all occupations in the general merchandising/marketing program area, (2) developed task inventories for selected occupations, (3) drew a worker mobility chart to show the…