This student booklet is ninth in an illustrated series of eleven learning activity packets for use in teaching job hunting and application procedures and the management of wages to secondary students. Three units are included in this packet: (1) describing the purpose of the Unemployment Insurance Policy and defining eligibility; (2) explaining…

This student booklet is tenth in an illustrated series of eleven learning activity packets for use in teaching job hunting and application procedures and the management of wages to secondary students. Two units are included in this packet: (1) listing the reasons for opening a savings account, the criteria for choosing a bank, and the different…

This student booklet is eleventh in an illustrated series of eleven learning activity packets for use in teaching job hunting and application procedures and the management of wages to secondary students. Three units are included in this packet: (1) how to choose a bank for a checking account; (2) how to open a checking account and fill out deposit…

This instructional package is one of two designed for regular vocational students in the vocational area of building maintenance and engineering. The fifty-three learning modules are organized into ten units: office cleaning; grounds; sanitation; boiler maintenance and operation; power and hand tools; cabinet construction; repair of damaged…

This module cluster is designed to facilitate successful, self-paced learning by familiarizing the student with social studies and its goals. The student is asked: (a) to gain skill in dealing with the elements that have become essential in planning an instructional sequence that speaks to the criticisms of the past and recognizes the problems and…

Explains how to create a file of useful student-centered language learning modules with four-by-six cards. Modules can focus on vocabulary development, completion drills, or sequential arrangement of information, can be adapted to any age level, and can be inexpensively augmented, or discarded after use. (Author/DJD)

Before an instructional module is used by students it should be evaluated by an educational technologist and a teacher who has expertise in the subject area. A set of evaluation criteria is offered which covers the basic system, techniques, and form. (JY)

Humor is a competency that should be developed by all teachers. (MM)

Modular laboratories provide technology education students with valuable experiences, but they are not the total solution. Technology education can aid problem solving, technological literacy, and school-wide curriculum integration, but not within the limits of the modular environment. (JOW)

This learning module gives background information on earthquakes, their measurement, and sociocultural impact. A design brief contains context, objectives, challenge to students, evaluation method, student quiz, outcomes, glossary, and eight references. (SK)

Provides teacher materials in the area of materials processing from extracting raw materials to recycling and disposing of used products and systems. Includes possible students outcomes and a student quiz. (JOW)

Provides a rationale for using modular education and discusses how it can be used in the technology education classroom. Suggests that teacher-developed materials are more useful than those developed by vendors. (JOW)

This handbook was developed for high school teachers looking for new sources of timely information and ways to make courses more engaging and relevant to students. The American Community Survey (ACS) provides a wide online array of social, economic, and demographic information about the nation, states, and local communities. These data can be…