Attitudes of students, faculty, and recent graduates to a self-paced, self-instructional junior-level program using learning modules were significantly positive for all groups. Faculty stressed the need for continuing support, and older students and seniors were the most positively disposed group. (MSE)

Describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a transportation curriculum module (focusing on community transportation and on global impact of one's individual transportation decisions). Results indicate that the module, which consists of five units, can succeed in improving student attitudes, values, and skill development. (JN)

A set of instructional materials for acquisition of clinical reasoning skills through independent study has been developed that uses simulation of patient encounters and addresses both medical and psychosocial issues. Small group instruction with the materials is preferred over individual use. (MSE)

Describes the Mexican American Culture Simulator, a self-instructional module containing 40 incidents based on client-worker misunderstandings resulting from sociocultural differences. The aim of the module is to improve caseworkers' empathic understanding of Mexican American children and families in a manner that supports ethnic identity,…

Introduces a project in syllabus design for English as a second language at the elementary level undertaken by the British Institute of Madrid. Discusses the principles on which the framework for the experimental syllabus was constructed and explains the rationale for attempting to make it both "notional" and "structural."…

Fifty-nine undergraduate students, divided into two groups to compare the instructional motivational effects of auto-tutorial and conventional instruction, were tested for achievement via performance (Ac), achievement via independence (Ai), and internal-external locus of control. Significant interaction was found between Ac and the two methods of…

The use of the Interpersonal Communication Inventory (ICI) with urban undergraduate social work students is described. ICI measures the patterns, characteristics, and styles of communication along the dimensions of: self-concept, listening, clarity of expression, coping with angry feelings, and self-disclosure. (Author/MLW)

Characterizes the Job Corps experience as the first significant application of the systems approach to instructional development, and discusses the project's mission, trainees, training environment, training programs, needs assessment, student learning units, group training techniques, effectiveness in preparing trainees for jobs, and cost…

Granite School District (Utah) developed a systematic, effective, and cost-efficient teacher inservice program which provides a basic understanding of metrics, materials and methods for direct classroom use, and evaluation of the learning process, through the use of self-contained, three-phase modules for home or school use. (Author/SB)

Describes the use of an instructional model for composition involving five procedures: a rationale, instructional objectives, pre-assessment, learning activities, and evaluation. (MKM)

This description of the INDEPTH program (Inservice Distributive Education Program of Teaching Help) in Virginia includes a discussion of the program's background, salient features, and its six 15-hour modules. (The program was developed by distributive education personnel in three Virginia universities, the Virginia Department of Education, and…

A 6-week instructor training course is described which has been adapted for pre- and inservice programs in professional development of vocational education teachers at Appalachian State University and other institutions. The 16-module course was originally developed for use by the Community College of the Air Force for preparing skilled…

Offers a description of a learning module called "Reading the Research" that teaches students about empirical research. Presents the results of a formative evaluation with students in an experimental psychology course as well as an evaluation with students in an introductory psychology course. (CMK)

An instructional unit in housing design created to address problems of group work in higher education is described and evaluated. Students and educators were consulted and literature reviewed for salient issues. The new unit was piloted with students. Results show design of group projects should address: project organization, assessment, balance…

Responses from 70 of 137 Arkansas technical institute instructors indicated that they found the Performance-Based Teacher Education module series useful, particularly those on instructional planning, special/exceptional needs, instructional evaluation, and teaching adults. Different types of instructors (trade, literacy, business, health,…