THE NEW YORK STATE SYLLABUS FOR RUSSIAN IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOLLOWS THE SAME FORMAT AS THOSE FOR FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SPANISH, AND FOR COMPLETE TEXT, INCLUDING GENERAL SECTIONS ON TEACHING LANGUAGES, THE READER MUST REFER TO ONE OF THOSE THREE BOOKS. THIS GUIDE DELINEATES THE AIMS, TECHNIQUES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF RUSSIAN INSTRUCTION FOR A 6-YEAR…

REPORTED ARE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOULDER CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS FOR NONSCIENCE MAJORS, SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSION ON COLLEGE PHYSICS. PART I OF THIS REPORT IS AN INTRODUCTION EXPLAINING THE CONFERENCE. PART II CONTAINS EXPANDED COURSE OUTLINES OF PHYSICS COURSES FOR NONSCIENCE MAJORS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE GROUP BY SEVEN PARTICIPATING…

A COURSE IN DECISION-MAKING, BUILT AROUND THE TIEDEMAN-O'HARA PARADIGM, WAS TAUGHT AT A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO TEST MATERIALS. THE THREE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING DECISION-MAKING ARE--(1) LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, (2) PRACTICING DECISION-MAKING WHILE UNDER SUPERVISION, AND (3) FORMULATING CRITERIA FOR A DECISION. A…

This source book is designed to inform agencies and other adult education programs, in as much detail as possible, of processes and procedures involved in initiating a complete training program to address the needs and desires of the adult mentally handicapped individual. It offers concrete information emanating from the initiation of such a…

An 18-week course of study whose objective is to enable middle school students to become capable, functional writers is discussed in this monograph. The first section is a treatment of course objectives and overall design, containing semester, course, and instructional unit outlines. The second section of the monograph discusses instructional…

Offered as a guide to teachers of basic writers (remedial or developmental students), this book contains activities for setting and achieving goals, for motivating reluctant beginning writers, and for practicing, stretching, and mastering basic writing skills. The six chapters of the book present ways of approaching rhetorical strategies and…

These instructional units, developed in Oklahoma, are designed for training power line technicians for rural electric cooperatives. Planned to help current employees advance in knowledge and skill, the instructional materials are divided into seven areas of training: Laborer; Groundworker or Equipment Operator; Power Line Technician, Step 1; Power…

This document is the result of an effort to develop a comprehensive curriculum to train community college students as energy management technicians. The main body of the document contains the energy management technician training curriculum and course content for the proposed courses in the two-year sequence; a report of how the curriculum was…

Suggestions to assist teachers in preparing a course in death education are offered. Although there is not currently a standard for preparation or licensing of potential death educators, there are opportunities available for learning about formal dimensions of death education and counseling. Professional development experiences are available…

Guidelines are described for setting up an item bank under latent trait theory which may be applied to the achievement testing system of multi-section, large-enrollment, college survey courses. The enrollment for the course is typically heterogeneous: students may be majors or non-majors, any one section may contain honors college students and…

This study attempts to determine the relative power of six factors that might influence decisions of teachers about the content of fourth-grade mathematics: district tests, mandated textbooks, the principal's opinion, and parents' opinions. Sixty-six teachers were presented with descriptions of hypothetical school districts constructed to provide…

The purpose of the mini-course described in this training manual is to provide parents with information and techniques that emphasize the importance of reading to children and to increase their proficiency in handling the task. The manual includes descriptions of the complete course, its objectives, recommended readings, lists of handouts and…

Described is a course on technology for undergraduate, non-technical students at the University of Utah. The course is designed to acquaint the students with the effects of technology and technological change on lifestyles and the issues which, when they arise, will require decision-making by intelligent citizenry. Materials necessary for…

The Businessperson-in-Residence program at Trenton State College in New Jersey is described. It is a four-part program designed to build better long-term relationships between the college and business community. The overall program was planned by a joint business-college task force to meet mutual objectives. The businessperson, working out of a…

Observing that the lecture/discussion instructional technique resulted in high failure rates among students taking technical composition, an instructor at Madisonville Community College (Kentucky) implemented a new course system designed to provide individualized instruction. The system called for two fifty-minute lectures per week attended by all…