This teacher's guide presents material for a unit on preparing for the retail fashion market. Content focuses on merchandise plans, computing open-to-buy, computing turnover, the components of a model stock plan, and criteria used when selecting a supplier. The guide contains 5 objectives, 6 group learning activities keyed to the objectives, 21…

This teacher's guide presents material for a unit on attending the retail fashion market. Content focuses on previewing merchandise for purchase, factors involved in a major market trip, common terms used when ordering merchandise, and pricing strategies. The guide contains 4 objectives, 6 group learning activities keyed to the objectives, 12…

This annotated bibliography of instructional materials for social studies lists 63 items, along with descriptive information about each item or series. Material are grouped into categories by type: (1) books, (2) reference books, (3) a supplemental text, (4) a workbook, (5) filmstrips, (6) kits, (7) a periodical, and (8) videocassettes. Citations…

This annotated bibliography of instructional materials for social studies lists 85 citations along with descriptive information about each item or series. Citations are grouped into categories by type: (1) books, (2) a book for teacher use, (3) reference books, (4) filmstrips, and (5) videocassettes. Citations are listed alphabetically within each…

This document, one of more than 100 performance-based vocational teacher education modules, covers the following objectives as it prepares pre- and inservice teachers to develop long-range program plans: (1) after completing the required reading, demonstrate knowledge of the concepts involved in developing long-range plans for a…

This document, one of more than 100 performance-based vocational teacher education modules, prepares pre- and inservice teachers to present information with models, real objects, and flannel boards. After an introduction, the document contains an explanatory section on the organization of the module, required and optional learning activities,…

This report describes the development of the competency-based education system currently used in the Newport-Mesa (California) Unified School District. The system's four stages of development--covering philosophy, competencies, assessment, and curriculum--stretched over 15 years, and the philosophical impetus for developing such a system took root…

The basic skills of reading, writing, and performing simple mathematical operations are not adequate for the non-college bound high school graduates to be fully prepared to enter the job market. Businesses today require employees who can communicate effectively, solve complex and unanticipated problems, and exercise tact and judgment. If the…

This document contains the materials necessary to teach four instructional units on welding that are designed to prepare learners for entry-level employment. The following instructional units are presented: (1) welding materials; (2) welding tools; (3) welding layout and basic skills; and (4) oxyacetylene cutting. The document begins with a copy…

The Single Skill Training (SST) Courses were developed to meet staff development needs by providing short, concentrated training modules in the areas of mainstreaming handicapped students, providing individualized instruction, and implementing a Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The program was set up to offer staff development courses to public…

Supporting performance objectives 57 and 66 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on processing regular outgoing mail and locating zip codes are included in this packet. (The packet is the second in a set of eight on performing mail…

Supporting performance objective 58 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on processing outgoing bulk mail are included in this packet. (The packet is the third in a set of eight on performing mail activities--CE 016 912-919.) The student…

Supporting performance objective 64 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on placing postage on metered reply mail using a postage meter are included in this packet. (The packet is the sixth in a set of eight on performing mail…

Perhaps the most dramatic hallmark of the so-called back-to-basics movement is the growth in many communities across the country of the basic alternative elementary school. Another example of the back-to-basics movement is the current interest in writing proficiency standards into the high school diploma. Another aspect of this movement is the…