A combined lecture-problem workbook course in math and graphics for students entering the engineering program at Triton Community College was designed to allow them to progress at their own rate without a need for faculty lecture. The workbook places equal emphasis on descriptive geometry and graphics with the major areas covered broken into…

This guide for teachers, in English and Spanish, examines the role of stereotypes within the context of contemporary beliefs, ideas, and attitudes. A pre-test and post-test are included to measure the user's awareness of stereotypes. Object lessons cover the following topics: (1) definition of stereotypes; (2) racial and ethnic stereotypes; (3)…

This learning activity packet on preparing a budget is one of three (see note) intended for special needs (handicapped and disadvantaged) learners. Its objective is for the student to learn how to develop a budget. Contents include a source guide that provides the behavioral objective and lesson plan, pre-test, supplementary lesson information,…

This document is a workbook for drafting students learning the basics of reading and interpreting electronic drawings and diagrams. The workbook contains eight units covering the following material: basic symbols; circuit symbols; electron tube symbols; winding symbols; semiconductor symbols; miscellaneous symbols; schematic diagrams; and…

This document is a guide to twelve competency based modules designed to develop management skills for small business owner-managers. Provided are the following sections: description of module format; the role of the teacher counselor; study habit suggestions; "My Blueprint for Success" (to be completed after each module, its purpose is…

Citations of Child Development Associate (CDA) curricula and supplemental resource materials are included in this annotated bibliography published by the CDA Clearinghouse. The materials are grouped according to the six CDA competency areas, the bilingual/bicultural training competencies, the personal capacities (social skills), and general…

A description of an inservice teacher education learning module is provided. The module focuses on systematic principles of behavior modification, and emphasizes the procedures underlying effective social development and the use of positive motivational methods with children and young adults. Information is provided on the purposes and content of…

Learning activity packages are presented for instruction in tractor mechanics. The packages deal with the duties involved in maintaining the fuel system. The following fourteen learning activity packages are included: servicing fuel and air filters, servicing fuel tanks and lines, adjusting a carburetor, servicing a carburetor, servicing the…

This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the first in a series of three, was developed to provide information on life insurance and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer economics, an overview, a pre-test, a performance objective…

The six learning modules described focus on specific competencies of vocational teachers. They are performance based, and involve participants in activities designed to integrate the theory of successful vocational teaching with its practice. Information is provided on course purposes and content and activities and resources involved in use of the…

The economic awareness teaching module is one of a series of six modules prepared by Project SPICE (Special Partnership in Career Education) as a means of providing career awareness information to educable mentally handicapped students (ages 11-to-13 years). After an overview, a module profile is provided which charts the units, the activities in…

The employability skills teaching module is one of a series of six modules prepared by Project SPICE (Special Partnership in Career Education) as a means of providing career awareness information to educable mentally handicapped students (ages 11-to-13 years). After an overview, a module profile is provided which charts the units, the activities…

Preliminary results are reported for courses in college algebra and trigonometry based on the Postlethwait audio-tutorial minicourse system which were developed at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW). Two IPFW faculty members, two secondary teachers, and two undergraduate mathematics majors formed a minicourse project team…

A fictitious community of 583 households was set up to simulate a survey population, and was used in two laboratory assignments where students "interviewed" householders by a quota sampling procedure and tested the performance of several probability sampling designs. (Author/JEG)

The teacher learning module described here focuses on encouraging teachers to draw examples from students' experiences and to test the student's understanding of concepts and principles. The module covers the methods of using instruction for teaching concepts through the use of examples and illustrations. This descriptive report provides further…