This is the fourth of five student packets forming part of a position simulation developed for use in an office applications laboratory at the postsecondary level. The purpose of the simulation is to give the student an opportunity to become familiar with the tasks and duties performed by a clerk-typist working for an independent insurance agency.…

Based on a simulation of the American economic industrial society, this guide is intended to direct the teaching of mass production in the industrial arts classroom. It is designed so that the 11 units may be lifted out and studied individually or expanded for an interdisciplinary approach. These units cover the following concepts and activities:…

This annotated bibliography cites over 50 resources and curriculum materials which focus on the teaching and learning of the behavioral sciences. Curriculum materials, teacher resources, games and simulations, ERIC documents, and related professional organizations comprise the selected annotations relating to psychology, social psychology, and…

The two syllabuses comprising this guide are designed to provide relevant instruction in competencies required by entry-level workers in bookkeeping and accounting. The introductory section covers such features as the objectives of bookkeeping and accounting courses; career opportunities; general objectives; and the design of the syllabuses in…

Previous research on nonspecific transfer of training is reviewed in terms of its implications for ability training. Specific focus is on the question of improving general abilities through training on related but nonidentical tasks. Studies selected include experimental, laboratory studies as well as research carried out in a number of applied…

Five comparisons were made relative to the quality of estimates of ability parameters and item calibrations obtained from the one-parameter and three-parameter logistic models. The results indicate: (1) The three-parameter model fit the test data better in all cases than did the one-parameter model. For simulation data sets, multi-factor data were…

Computer outreach refers to the application of local computer capability to the development of new or improved computer uses. This study describes three outreach areas. "Computer uses for elders," the first area, focuses on elders as a new group of computer users or clients. The second area, "computer use and abuse," aims at helping to insure the…

In this annotated catalog, entries are provided for 372 mediagraphies. These documents list available educational media of the following types: (1) audioforms, (2) computer assisted and programmed instruction, (3) games and simulations, (4) projected media, (5) video recordings, and (6) multimedia kits. Entries are indexed according to subject,…

Describes programs that have been developed to allow kinetic experiments to be simulated on a small computer. Reports the principles that have guided the conception of the programs and describes an instance of their application to a complex reaction. (Author/GS)

A course in advanced technical communication was developed at West Virginia University for upper-division students in engineering and the sciences and those planning careers in technical communication. The first four weeks of the semester are spent copy editing, with the students learning to use standard editing marks and keeping an editor's style…

Clinical Application Projects (CAPs) have been developed that allow dental hygiene and nursing students to apply introductory microbiology principles and skills learned in lecture and laboratory to a problem in an appropriate clinical situation. CAPs therefore substitute for the traditional study of "unknowns". Principles and processes emphasized…

A simulated search and screen committee activity for selecting three candidates for final interviews for the position of assistant professor of higher education in a College of Education is presented. The institution, "Metropolitan State University," and the position are briefly described, and the process of the appointment of the…

This volume includes the texts of more than 50 papers presented at a conference which was organized to present in one forum all major work regarding computers in education in the United States, as well as abstracts of the special sessions, tutorials, and project presentations which took place at the conference. Among the topics covered in these…