A commitment to enhancing and developing leadership skills contributes to positioning Head Start as a central community institution for low-income children and their families. This guide, comprised of three training modules, is intended to help Head Start leaders refine and expand their skills and knowledge through a variety of training…

This book examines modularization in the German system of initial vocational education and training. After examining the underlying concept of modularization (providing training through self-contained units that can be combined in different ways), the book presents an overview of modularization as it occurs in Spain, Scotland, France, and the…

This report is a quantitatively-based but ultimately purely descriptive study of foreign language modules designed to teach Irish students French, German, Italian, or Spanish in preparation for study, travel, and/or work experience abroad in order to enhance their academic qualifications, vocational prospects, and potential for future mobility. It…

The stages of development of an adult communicative course in French are outlined, including the principles used in course content selection, structural progression, and the means found for encouraging student participation. The primary influence for the course came from the Council of Europe and experience with adult students. (Author/MSE)

Techniques of competency identification, module preparation, and learning management are discussed in "An Effective Measurement of Performance" by Kenneth Allen; "The Making of a Module" by Jan Danford; and "Managing a CBVE Classroom" by Sonja Irlbeck. (SK)

Reports the results of a three-stage evaluation of "Monetary Economics," an undergraduate credit course offered to external or distance students of the University of Queensland in 1979 and 1980. Twenty-eight references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Discusses four major research problems concerned with the application of learning strategies in the context of computer-based military technical training that have been addressed by an ongoing four-year effort. Nineteen references are listed. (LLS)

Reviews 22 kits, texts, supplements, and professional references for various grade levels on energy resources, environmental values and decision making, ecology, and solar power. (SJL)

Describes the two-day library orientation offered to all incoming sophomore English classes at Quincy High and Vocational Technical Schools in Milton, Massachusetts. Computer-scored pretests allow librarians to tailor the basic orientation package to the needs of each class. (SJL)

Discusses instructional innovations in science education, including interdisciplinary environmental studies programs, autotutorial open laboratory techniques, and programed research projects provided in investigative laboratory settings. Describes applications of these innovations at community colleges, as well as the increased use of modular,…

Describes an interdisciplinary science and humanities curriculum for sophomores developed by the faculty at Boston University's College of Basic Studies. Three core courses (science, social studies, and humanities) are integrated into a year-long course which is team taught. The format includes both lecture and modular teaching approaches. (DS)

Describes a system of small electronic modules suitable to teach digital electronics, construct digital systems for the instrumentation of standard experiments, or, teach analog electronics. Explains both the design of the modules, and some of the instructional uses of the system. (GA)

Describes the use of a polyfunctional system, partially based on modular learning, in developing educational methods aimed to improve the living conditions of people in depressed areas of the world. Notes that the system should consist of series of preconstituted constant learning elements, echoing typical situations and open to adaptations…

SIMIG, self-instructional modules and interactive groups, designates a method of teaching and learning that has been evaluated over a seven-year period. Its two components, instructional modules and discussion groups, constitute a complementary process popular with students and instrumental in more effective learning. (LBH)