The curriculum for language arts outlined in this document charts the specific objectives and corresponding activities for kindergarten through eighth grade, in the following areas: listening, reading, study skills, individual word forms, mechanics and usage, composition, and journalism. In addition to the curriculum guide, this document also…

This curriculum guide for an interdisciplinary pottery unit includes concepts and objectives, student activities, and suggested resources. Introductory material indicates it was designed as a 2-day minicourse for the Mountain School seventh grade at Charles Counts' Pottery Workshop in Georgia but that material is adaptable to a regular school…

Elementary textbooks containing references to technology and the Industrial society form the base for this curriculum guide, which is designed to assist teachers in a more effective method of using these references for the benefit of students. A brief course outline and suggested projects involving power, transportation, communications,…

A 2-year project provided inservice training to school personnel involved in vocational education and placement of trainable mentally retarded students in Pennsylvania. Project activities included a review of the literature, the development of task analysis training techniques, the compilation of a procedural manual and a job placement guidebook,…

This study is one of a number of investigations undertaken to prepare the groundwork for the introduction of a language learning system for adults. The language material to be learned will be organized into units and a learner will be awarded a specified number of credits on completion of each unit. The contents are to be defined with reference to…

This guide presents a model curriculum for use in developing programs to meet the needs for paraprofessionals in the helping services. Five options are offered in the curriculum: Counselor Associate, Early Childhood Associate, Recreation Associate, Social Service Associate, and Teacher Associate. The curriculum is structured so that students may…

This guide is planned to assist state agricultural extension persons who are responsible for program development of a youth consumer education program. It identifies priority content and teaching methods for program content, planning, implementation, and evaluation. A rationale for developing a 4-H consumer education program is given which…

This business and office occupations curriculum guide organizes modules of instruction into the four career clusters: Stenographic and secretarial, clerical, accounting and data processing, and preprofessional. Each cluster is comprised of related learnings for entry-level positions in a variety of business and office occupations. Information is…

To assist the States in implementing Federal standards for emergency medical services (under the Highway Safety Act of 1966), this guide has been prepared to aid in organizing, conducting, and standardizing a basic training course for emergency medical technicians (EMT's). Part I is a guide for a course designed to develop or upgrade the skill…

These six self-contained home economics miniunits on personal development are part of a set of 21 designed to provide middle school/junior high boys and girls opportunities to explore several areas of study within a 6-, 9-, or 12-week period of instruction. Units are designed to be free of sex-role stereotyping and are identified as level I…

This compilation presents approximately 400 resumes of instructional materials for business and office education. The resumes cover a broad range of fields and occupations and are arranged in ascending order according to an accession (VT) number. Each resume includes the author(s), title, institutional source, sponsoring agency, availability,…

Offers a critique of Bergmann's paper on the methodology of economics (see SO516713). Comments on the relationship between methodology and theory, considers the extent to which methodological and measurement concepts should be taught in precollegiate coursework, and offers suggestions on how such teaching might be accomplished. (JDH)

States that Bergmann's paper (see SO516713) misses the point of suggesting improvements in the Joint Council's "Framework." Concludes that the present "Framework" is conceptually adequate but could be improved with additional treatment of how economists 1) establish the relationship between variables, and 2) define and use the…

Detailed description of a minicourse that uses library media resources and museum visits to teach American history through art. An outline of the course provides objectives, activities, and assignments for each of 10 lessons. (CLB)

This K-12 physical education curriculum presents six areas in which Arkansas students should show competence. The six strands are: health related fitness (students will be knowledgeable of and derive immediate health benefits from participation in vigorous musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory enhancing activities); movement/motor skills (students…