The Drive Line Services guide is designed to prepare students for employment in a specialized area of automotive services. The six units outlined are: an introduction (a course overview and a discussion of eye safety devices and the relevant legislation); clutches; drive lines; manual transmissions; overdrive units; and rear axle assemblies. Each…

As an answer to the problems posed by the traditional grade level approach to language arts study, the continuous progress program is centered on specific areas of instruction, with courses or blocks within each area especially designed to provide for students' individual differences. This document consists of an explanation of the program, a…

With the enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the need for manpower development in the field of industrial safety and hygiene has resulted in the development of a broad based program in Occupational Safety and Health. The manual provides information to administrators and instructors on a program of study in this field for…

The three major purposes of this project were to develop a programed text for teaching the writing of poetry, to validate the program, and to prepare a procedural guide for programing. A 156-frame program was developed, including procedures for: eliciting free written expression to serve as subject matter for poems; writing initial poems to fit…

Presented are approximately 110 lesson plans for six mental age levels (from 0-9 months to 3 1/2-4 1/2 years) to teach language, gross motor skills, and manipulative skills to severely and profoundly retarded children. Provided for each lesson is information on the experience area (whether motor or language), the dominant modality used, materials…

During a 3-year period, 20 preschool deaf children were matched and given auditory training by the Verbo-tonal method using two different amplification systems (one which amplified from 200 to 5000 hertz and the other from 20 to 5000 hertz). There were three main goals: (1) to compare two different amplification systems to determine if the…

As part of a continuing program designed to provide Nevada's school population with information that will facilitate greater awareness and understanding of past and present lifestyles and contributions of Native Nevadans, this curriculum guide might constitute a social studies unit on the history of Indian education for upper elementary and/or…

This guide is a documentation of the curricular components which evolved during a two-year pilot course in one of the senior high schools of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a one-semester, nonsequential course intended for students desiring an introduction to the language without in-depth exposure. The objectives of such a course involve…

The six teacher's guides, emphasizing career education and its infusion into existing curriculum, are for the following units of instruction and suggested grade levels: go metrics, 5-7; where does all our money go?, 6-7; let's go--travel, 6-8; life style and the Hudson River Valley, 7; economic awareness, 8; and the rise of American business, 8.…

This material consists of a series of cultural presentations designed for elementary school assemblies or special programs. The activities are intended to strengthen Mexican-American children's awareness of their cultural heritage. Program scripts, poems, songs, historical narratives and skits are included to illustrate and celebrate Mexican and…

Prepared by an instructor and curriculum development specialists of the Minnesota Work Opportunity Center, this document describes an art course which affords the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth an opportunity to discover, explore, design, and evaluate. The approach focuses on the individual and what he wants to accomplish. During the…

Prepared by an instructor and curriculum specialists, this course of study was designed to meet the individual needs of the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth by providing them skill training, related information, and supportive services knowledge in machine tool operation. The achievement level of each student is determined at entry, and…

First in a series of three child development lesson plan manuals for adult basic education instructors, this publication contains materials on pregnancy and preparation for parenthood, infant care, characteristic child behavior at different ages, the physical and emotional needs of small children, their social and intellectual needs, and family…

Appendix E is a proposal for a biological science course for prospective elementary teachers. The major topics covered are 1) the perpetuation of life; 2) the maintenance of life; 3) living things in action; 4) living things in relationship to their environment. A weekly course schedule is also included. Appendix F is a proposal for preservice…

As the result of a 1968 directive by the Nevada State Legislature this study was undertaken to develop a master plan for education in the State, including plans for the development of a system of area community colleges. The study is the result of the work of department staff, personnel from many state agencies, and recognized authorities in…