This course syllabus is the third unit in the elementary teacher preparation sequence developed at the College of Education, University of Toledo. The nine competency-based learning modules included in the syllabus are a) Learning Theory and Motivation; b) Identifying and Specifying Behaviors; c) Observing and Recording Behaviors; d) Behavioral…

This course syllabus is part of the comprehensive competency-based elementary teacher education program developed at the College of Education, University of Toledo for the U.S. Office of Education. The first course in the elementary education sequence consists of 12 learning modules: a) Performance Skills and Inquiry; b) Group Process--Principles…

This course syllabus includes revised competency-based elementary teacher education learning modules that were developed at the University of Toledo as part of the Ohio Model. The module titles are a) Teaching Science in the Elementary School, b) Concept Attainment, c) Social Studies Planning, d) Selection and Application of Instructional Media in…

The pilot program is designed to implement individualized instruction for the prospective teacher (Competency-Based Teacher Education Model) and public school children (Personalized Instruction Model). Students participate in an individualized learning program while aspiring teachers complete their teacher training competencies through knowledge…

To assist the Colleges of Health Related Professions and Education of the University of Florida in developing and implementing a competency-based teacher education program for preparing allied health teachers, the Center for Allied Health Instructional Personnel conducted a study which resulted in the development of a structure of competencies…

The purposes of this study were (1) to develop and evaluate resource modules in the areas of treating reading difficulties and individualizing instruction to be used in a competency based teacher education program in reading and (2) to determine whether an instructional portion of the reading difficulties module could effectively be implemented in…

This document is a summary of two years of activity of the Maine Teacher Corps presented in outline form. Throughout, several questions are asked (What was done? What was learned? What was expected? What was found?) followed by recommendations for other programs. Section I is an introductory essay entitled, "Maine Teacher Corps, A Viable…

This module is the first in a two-module cluster. Together, the modules are designed to enable students to recognize and identify by type the errors that occur in recorded samples of oral reading. This one--Module A--focuses on the most common phonemic and morphemic elements of English. In preparation for the analysis of errors, students learn to…

The answers to the tests and exercises presented in the manual in "Module A; Classifying Word Identification Errors," are presented in this second part of the two-volume set. (JD)

This document is a learning module in interpersonal perception, designed to teach undergraduate and post-graduate students how to more effectively teach disabled or exceptional students. The feelings and behaviors of both teacher and child interact and affect each other to produce a positive or negative learning environment. Some of the feelings…

This is the pre-assessment packet for the learning module on Interpersonal Perception. Exercises include open-ended questions, definitions, illustration of applications, opinion scales, word-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, yes/no, and multiple choice. (MM)

Relationships between competencies specified for elementary education reading programs and selected factors contributing to teacher effectiveness were assessed in this study. Phase one assessed relationships among 12 factors of teacher effectiveness and 22 competencies developed by the State of Pennsylvania. Phase two studied relationships among…

Performance data for 42 subjects pertaining to seven course objectives and ten propositional logic tasks were analyzed for hierarchical relationships using ordering theoretic technique. The resulting hierarchy indicated that simple implication and particular contraposition propositional logic tasks were prerequisite to some course objectives. This…

In the beginning stages of their use, modules for reading-methods courses lacked clear definition of purpose, standard format, and organization. Recently, more sophisticated reading modules have been shown to contain the following components: objectives, learning activities, and assessments (pretests and posttests). A set of modules for teaching…

The data gathered in Project ESCAPE and the experiences encountered throughout the three-year program give strong evidence that classroom teachers are willing and able to assume increased responsibility for the formal preparation and continued education of members of their own profession. (MM)