Defining a telecourse as a series of lessons presented through the medium of television, this paper outlines four uses of telecourses and describes three different options for telecourse design: (1) use of commercially-available materials; (2) use of professor-developed materials; and (3) a combination of the two. Focusing on the…

Curriculum content for adolescents with behavioral disorders should emphasize academic learning as well as social and behavioral skill development. "Therapeutic academics" is proposed as a process of teaching academics that is therapeutic in its systematic focus on the behavioral and social needs of students. A therapeutic academic curriculum…

This guide for student teachers focuses on the prospective special education teacher. The phases of the student teaching experience serve as a framework for the progressive escalation of responsibilities. These phases are orientation and observation, participation, full classroom responsibility, working with individual students, and developing…

The Multilevel Evaluation Systems Project is exploring the requirements for information systems that could help teachers and administrators sort through, analyze, and apply comprehensive information about their students, community, instructional processes, and outcomes to improve their schools. Toward this end, a multi-disciplinary literature…

The pamphlet is intended to help local Iowa school curriculum committees implement the gifted and talented component of their school's multicultural, nonsexist education plan. First, basic definitions of 11 terms such as "multicultural education,""giftedness," and "disadvantaged" are provided. Next, the rationale and…

This paper discusses three methods of assessing student teacher performance: checklists; measurable objectives; and teaching performance tests. Checklists, recommended by some schools of education, need to contain a comprehensive set of knowledge, skills, and attitudinal behaviors pertaining to quality student teaching. Checklists permit a…

This guide is intended to assist vocational educators in providing job-relevant, performance-oriented training for students seeking to become house electricians. The introductory section reviews procedures for using the guide. Provided next are instructional units dealing with the following topics: computing service loads; installing electrical…

This guide is intended to assist vocational educators in providing job-relevant, performance-oriented training in small engine repair. The introductory section reviews procedures for using the guide. Provided next are instructional units dealing with the following topics: organizing and planning; supervising; selling lawnmowers, chain saws, and…

A child's neuropsychological assessment entails the examination of the neurological integrity and functioning of a child's brain and the child's concommitant behavioral responses. This paper reviews the use of two major assessment batteries: (1) the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Tests that measure basic sensory and motor functioning as well…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in understanding various wage payment systems. Discussed in the first four sections are the following topics: the aims and determination of payment (aims of a payment system, the economy and wage levels, the government and wage levels, and method of pay and wage levels); main…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in improving their ability to control output. Discussed in the first three sections are the following topics: the control process (stages in control, control and planning, the supervisor and control, and ways of choosing areas to control); ways of controlling output (general…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in improving their economics and financial management skills. Discussed in the first three sections are the following topics: costs and cost centers (cost information and decisions; costs; cost statements, units, centers, and codes); cost centers and the supervisor…

The content of this kindergarten curriculum guide for conceptual language development is organized in six parts. Part 1 presents a brief overview of the nature of the 5-year-old child and discusses the topic of prekindergarten screening. Part 2 elaborates on a child-centered, individualized approach to kindergarten programs and emphasizes the…

This paper describes a procedure used to locate pretend play episodes in streams of play activity of 4- and 5-year-olds. A story grammar was used to compare pretend play episode activity with story construction. Participants were five girls and three boys attending the same preschool. Pretend play schemes and episodes were defined in terms of…

Written by a Director of Special Education working for an elementary school district in a small midwestern town, this practicum aimed to improve the special education delivery system in that district. A review of the literature and a survey of district needs indicated that: (1) teachers relied on a refer-test-place cycle when alternatives would…