This sequence of learning modules in community involvement is part of a series prepared for the Teacher Corps program at Adams State College. The modules are designed to provide the intern with: (a) entry skills into the community, (b) skills in researching a community to better understand the life style of its inhabitants, (c) skills in…

This document is one of several module clusters developed for the Camden Teacher Corps project. This module cluster is designed to enable students to have experience with and develop skills in writing educational policy, anticipating problems related to the implementation of the policy, and planning possible actions or strategies the teacher might…

Designed to assist teachers in improving instruction in agriculture and related areas, this curriculum guide is written in terms of student performance using measurable objectives, and is a suggested method of group instruction for students who are employed in an agribusiness program. The material is intended to cover those items which every…

This three phase library program was presented to some two hundred students enrolled in sections of an English composition course taught at the State University of New York College at Brockport. Offered each fall and spring semester since the spring of 1975, the library program has been incorporated into a nine module, self-guided course, taught…

Transnational Instructional Development has resulted in international training courses for 100 professional communicators and educators from 26 countries, a series of 12 self-instructional modules, and the establishment of an active network of agencies in eight countries working together on the development of models and materials for professional…

Describes two seven-week modules offered at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, during the 1974-75 academic year. These modules examined the contemporary situation for women scientists and the lack of women in the sciences. (HM)

The problems faced in accessing the contents of online bibliographic data bases are assessed, and current training techniques are summarized and evaluated. A new training program, which delivers training to the trainee's home terminal, simulating interactive retrieval systems that search files and provide messages and displays, is described. (JPF)

Reproduces the contents of a CEEP instructional module on the concept of radioactive decay. Includes objectives, materials, procedure, and summary questions. Reproducable illustrations also included. (MA)

Presents an approach to an individualized methods course in the teaching of reading that includes goals for both knowledge and performance, the development of modules or learning packets, and ways of testing and checking comprehension. Offers suggestions for organizing the course. (JM)

Contains the contents of the Student Investigation booklet of a Crustal Evolution Education Project (CEEP) instructional modules on earthquakes. Includes objectives, procedures, illustrations, worksheets, and summary questions. (MA)

Factual learning should not be belittled; however, the factual information should fit into a sequence leading to concept understanding. This study indicates teachers can teach concepts more effectively if they first receive training. (Author)

This paper describes efforts to increase the prevalence, rigor and relevance of Project Based Learning in US schools and internationally. Under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), US Department of Education, the Buck Institute for Education and partners are offering: 1) an online staff development…

Science kit is a tool used to teach science in several schools. Science kit inservices are intended to provide teachers with the skills needed for using science kits. The evaluation of science kit/inservice workshops to assess their effectiveness to enhance teachers' science knowledge, positive attitude toward science, and science teaching is an…

This paper reports on the formative evaluation results of the project "Enhancement of Problem Solving and Scientific Reasoning Skills through Computerized General Chemistry Modules." This project includes the design, development, and implementation of two interactive computer modules for the enhancement of mathematical and problem…

Developing standards for e-learning will have important implications for instructional designers. The most obvious change is that designers will not be designing courses any more; they will be designing small, stand-alone units of instruction called learning objects. This will create a learning object economy that will bring new challenges as well…