The first component of this three-part package is a student manual designed to be used independently in secondary health occupations programs or on-the-job training programs for administrative medical assistants. The manual contains six units that cover the following topics: introduction to administrative medical assisting, communication skills,…

This document provides an overview of the status of instruction concerning Science/Technology/Society (STS) issues in elementary and secondary history courses and makes a persuasive case for the implementation and expansion of courses addressing these issues. A quick review of research on the purpose of history of science education reveals a…

This document describes a project conducted in South Dakota to develop and validate competency task lists in the area of consumer resource management. During the project, the following activities took place: literature on validation was reviewed; an outline was structured for content based on current references by a panel of two teachers and two…

A professor from the University of Tennessee and a mathematics teacher who formerly taught kindergarten teamed up to plan and teach a kindergarten methods course for undergraduate elementary education majors. The course includes both practical and theoretical perspectives. Course readings consist of selections from textbooks and articles from…

The elementary and secondary education data collection system has undergone a major transformation over the past decade, becoming a coordinated, cohesive system. This report reviews what the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) can and cannot say about education in the United States for kindergarten through grade 12. Six issue areas…

Two programs on drug, alcohol, and sex education in two Glasgow (Scotland) high schools were evaluated to assess their effectiveness. One was a drugs and alcohol education program at City High School and the other a sexual health program at Clydeside High School. Both schools drew from a local population that included a significant number of…

This report documents the experiments by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts to research and develop content and teaching practices in school visual arts programs. An 18-month Rand Corporation study, begun in 1982, investigated discipline based art education (DBAE) visual arts programs in 7 cross country school districts. The study's two…

This paper describes a course at West Virginia University that teaches academic self-management to beginning university students who have learning disabilities or are otherwise at risk for academic failure. The course uses an integrated approach that emphasizes the development of college study skills, self-management skills, and academic…

This packet of instructional materials is designed to give social science students in grades 6-9 a first-hand experience in working out solutions to real-life problems involving the management of California's water. Students work in groups on one of three problems presented in the packet: (1) the management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that…

This curriculum guide provides materials for teachers to use in developing a course in legal administrative systems. Following an introductory section that lists the common essential elements of the course, the guide contains six sections that cover the following course topics: (1) introduction to legal administrative systems; (2) word processing;…

The English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in the Athens (Ohio) City School District is described. The program is organized as a pull-out program and focuses on development of language arts and literature and is intended as a transitional program. The report contains the following: statements of the school district's philosophies concerning…

An overview is provided of the curriculum design and implementation process developed and implemented at Eastern College of Applied Arts, Technology and Continuing Education in Newfoundland, Canada. Following introductory comments, the philosophical background to the model is outlined, underscoring its reliance upon the assumption that learning is…

This curriculum guide provides materials for teachers to use in developing a course in "Exploring Aquaculture, Agriscience 282," one of 28 semester courses in agricultural science and technology for Texas high schools. This introductory course is designed to acquaint students with the growing industry of aquaculture; it includes…

Rather than providing an anthology of tests and assessment techniques, this book focuses on academic success and its maintenance and the role of testing. The discussion opens with a consideration of the relationship between assessment and curriculum. It is important to consider carefully what it is we want to teach, and it is equally important to…

This curriculum guide was developed for a full-credit course for students who are pursuing business and office work immediately after graduation from high schools in Manitoba and for students planning postsecondary study in this field. The course builds on and reinforces the concepts, skills, and knowledge mastered in the business curriculum. In…