This document, an extensive revision of the original "Guidelines," was prepared by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)'s Commission on the Education of Teachers of Mathematics. It represents the current thought of the mathematics and mathematics education communities on the preparation of teachers of mathematics. Its developers…

This "minimum teaching essentials" bulletin presents the minimum in basic skills and knowledge which must be taught to students in grades 9-12 in the subject areas of algebra, geometry, and mathematics fundamentals. Each subject area is prefaced with a section on work study skills to be used by students. (APM)

This "minimum teaching essentials" bulletin presents the minimum in basic skills and knowledge which must be taught to New York City school students in the subject areas of English and communication arts. Content areas and performance objectives for each grade in literature, reading, listening, writing, and speaking are listed. (APM)

This document contains separate core curricula for Distributive Education and Diversified Cooperative Training programs designed to aid the teacher in using available competency-based instructional materials. Each core curriculum is composed of four parts: marketing, economics, career exploration, and employability skills. Marketing, the largest…

Intended for use with ninth grade students, this guide is one of a series of teacher resource curriculum guides in communication arts developed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The curriculum described in the guide is intended to (1) appeal to students of all abilities, (2) provide for student interaction and involvement, (3)…

Intended for use with tenth grade students, this guide is one of a series of teacher resource curriculum guides in communication arts developed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The curriculum described in the guide is intended to (1) appeal to students of all abilities, (2) provide for student interaction and involvement, (3)…

Follow Through, which builds on the foundation provided by Head Start and similar preschool programs, is a program designed for children in the early primary grades. The Follow Through curriculum presented in this document is based on certain assumptions about children and the learning process, among them the understanding of the importance of…

The purpose of this guide is to provide a framework on which elementary school teachers (K through 6) can build a nutrition program that can be implemented into the existing curriculum. Founded on the importance of early and sound education for instilling good nutrition habits, the guide is divided into three grade levels: K through 2 (Discovering…

This document, one of eight in a multi-cultural competency-based vocational/technical curricula series, is on food service. This program is designed to run 24 weeks and cover 15 instructional areas: orientation, sanitation, management/planning, preparing food for cooking, preparing beverages, cooking eggs, cooking meat, cooking vegetables,…

This guide expresses the philosophy, goals, and objectives, and outlines the scope and sequence of Ilocano language instruction at various levels for the public schools of Hawaii. It serves as a resource document for the teacher of Ilocano in that it identifies essential skills, suggests areas of emphasis, points out possible problem areas, and…

This curriculum guide provides topic outlines and objectives for units in a three-level/-course Power Technology program. Introductory materials are objectives for industrial education and for power technology and list of general safety rules. Units contained in Level I, Power Technology, are History of Power, Basic Machines, Forms of Power, Power…

This instructional package, designed for use in secondary and adult education, focuses on the vocational area of needle trades. Section A of this document contains three units of instruction; "Securing a Job,""Career Success," and "The Free Enterprise System." Section B contains four units on sewn products operations: "Sewing Machine Maintenance…

Self-science is an experience-based program designed for children from the second grade through the upper elementary grades. Its aim is to equip children with affective and cognitive skills that can broaden their understanding and functioning in all learning and social situations. Students are taught to use scientific inquiry methods in studying…

As part of the first phase of a three-year project to develop a total curriculum that integrates career education concepts with other subject areas, this language arts guide for grades nine through twelve synthesizes the contributions of classroom teachers from two school districts. With emphasis on reading instruction in all facets of language…

Designed for use by local schools in developing language arts programs, this guide presents a sequence of skill development for each of four areas of interest: listening, speaking, writing, and reading. The first part of the guide relates the principles of building a language arts program, discusses the development of communication skills, and…