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Indian Hills Community Coll., Ottumwa, IA. – 1991
A program at Indian Hills Community College (Ottumwa, Iowa) consisted of a sex equity component aimed to prepare women to enter nontraditional occupations and a building trades component to enable electrical workers to upgrade their skills. Both of the targeted groups underwent assessment and upgrading coordinated through the college's SUCCESS…
Descriptors: Building Trades, College Programs, Demonstration Programs, Electrical Occupations
Clark, Gene – 1983
This study guide was developed for individuals preparing to take the Georgia Teacher Certification Test (TCT) in science. Content objectives of the test are listed and encompass: (1) scientific processes, research, and classification; (2) earth sciences; (3) characteristics and properties of matter, energy, and chemical change; (4) biology of life…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
California State Univ., Sacramento. Academic Senate. – 1989
This book is intended for everyone in California concerned about how well students are prepared for college. It describes the competencies in mathematics necessary for success in college and university work. This statement discusses the following: (1) an emphasis on encouraging students to experience the beauty and fascination of mathematics; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Algebra, Calculus, College Bound Students
Berney, Tomi D.; Plotkin, Donna – 1990
This report evaluates the implementation and outcome of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII program, Choosing Optional Infused Career Education (Project CHOICE) in Springfield Gardens High School in Queens (New York) and Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn (New York) for the 1988-89 school year. The project was created to combat…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC. – 1979
The Occupational Information System (OIS) is a formal standardized system for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of occupational information that has been mandated by several major pieces of educational legislation. Designed to aid a wide audience--including direct participants in the labor market, persons whose job it is to help others…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Rochin, Refugio I.; de la Torre, Adela – 1986
Using survey responses and catalogue descriptions from 38 programs, the paper examines the current status of Chicano studies programs in four-year colleges/universities in the Southwest. Findings indicate many programs evolved from the civil rights legislation of the 1960s to address ethnic minority concerns and to offer curriculum in the…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Affirmative Action, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1984
The goal of industrial technology for industrial arts education in Texas is the education of society to enable its members to function efficiently in the world of advancing technology. Policymakers in Texas have chosen to organize the industrial technology curriculum around three technology clusters: visual communication, production, and energy…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1987
The editors of "The American School Board Journal" and "The Executive Educator" magazines recently invited school leaders from across North America to send in curriculum ideas that work. From among the 1,026 entries that were submitted, a panel of judges selected 100, which are published in this special report. Criteria for selection included (1)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Instructional Services. – 1985
This statewide revised Standard Course of Study, mandated by North Carolina's Elementary and Secondary School Reform Act of 1984, provides a detailed, integrated curriculum plan for all subjects at all grade levels. An initial section provides an introduction ("Notes") to the users of the "North Carolina Competency-Based…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Education
Emmitt, Robert J.; Argento, Barry J. – County Manpower Report, 1980
Since its beginning in 1965, the Job Corps has enrolled more than a million impoverished and undereducated 16- to 21-year-olds in an intensive program of re-education and job skills training. The Job Corps' basic education program uses the systems approach to instruction in reading, mathematics, and high school equivalency subjects; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
Budke, Wesley E. – 1983
Drawing upon a database of state-administered vocational education program improvement projects, a study examined state-administered programs to improve vocational education that were implemented from fiscal 1978 through fiscal 1982. After analyzing abstracts of 3,994 research, exemplary and innovative, and curriculum development activities,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Curriculum Development, Databases, Educational Research
Siedow, Mary Dunn; And Others – 1985
Recognizing that content area teachers are sufficiently different from reading teachers to warrant special attention in reading inservice activities, this book is intended for inservice leaders to help content area teachers improve their teaching of reading and understanding content-related material. The book contains numerous suggestions for…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Pheasant, Marilyn – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
This bulletin highlights elements of the music programs in two Oregon school districts--David Douglas School District 40 and Salem School District 24J--that have kept these programs viable in spite of financial constraints. Ingredients for success of the overall music program at David Douglas are first described. Important elements include hiring…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
Glidden, William C.; And Others – 1984
To meet the remedial-instructional needs of its recruits, the Coast Guard developed a basic skills program, entitled the Basic Educational Enrichment Program (BEEP), at its recruit training center in Cape May, New Jersey. Objectives of the program were to ensure that all graduates of Coast Guard recruit training possess at least eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Benefits, Educational Needs
Drabek, Jane – 1980
Intended for use by adult basic education (ABE) instructors who are organizing or reorganizing their reading programs for individualized instruction, this guide outlines the ABE Reading Sequential Competency System (SCS). The main benefits of this particular system for reading are that it delineates a sequence of reading skills, allows the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Behavioral Objectives
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