This document is designed to help the user recognize problems which can be solved by use of the exponential function, to show a wide variety of such problems, and to teach how to actually solve them. The material is divided into five individual units, numbered and labeled as follows: 84-Recognition of Problems Solved by Exponential Functions;…

This document presents a basic numerical skills curriculum for use in either Academic Remedial Training or Apprentice Training in the Navy. The curriculum is designed to enable students who are deficient in numerical skills to attain at least minimal proficiency in elementary mathematics. The Training Analysis and Evaluation Group (TAEG)…

One of a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, this learning module deals with assisting students in developing self-discipline. It consists of an introduction and four learning experiences. The first learning experience covers the concepts of and…

This instructor's packet accompanies the learning activity package (LAP) on temperature, pulse, and respiration. Contents included in the packet are a time sheet, suggested uses for the LAP, an instruction sheet, final LAP reviews, a final LAP review answer key, suggested activities, an additional resources list, and student completion cards to…

Examples of three models for individualizing instruction of library students are presented, i.e., Diagnostic Prescriptive Teaching (DPT), Modularized Instruction, and Nonformal Basic Program. The focus of DPT is on general reference tools and subject reference works in science and technology. The model includes four behavioral objectives, a…

This document provides field-tested instructional modules focusing on the use and misuse of alcoholic beverages for students in kindergarten through sixth grades. Modules for each of the seven grade levels consist of five lessons, each including introductory sections describing instructional objectives, content of the lesson, recommended teaching…

This document looks at specific applications of calculus to engineering. It is noted that for an automobile traveling at constant speed, the mathematical relationship between the directional heading and the angular deflection of the steering wheel can be calculated with respect to time. An analysis is presented which derives the relationship from…

This volume consists of the first four units of a basic core curriculum that is intended for all health workers. The units deal with the following topics: (1) the health care facility, the long-term care facility, the health team, and the nursing team; (2) verbal and nonverbal communication, written communication, human behavior, ethical behavior,…

Self-paced instructional materials concerning day care for 2-year-old children are provided in this staff development module, intended for the caregiver or teacher in a military child care center. The module consists of several short discussions describing what toddlers are like and suggesting how they can be helped to handle their feelings, how…

Based on research as well as on the down-to-earth experiences which come from running a large military child care center, this director's manual provides guidelines for running an effective program. The guidebook, one in a series on the subject of military child care centers, presents advice on the following seven topics: becoming a center…

One of a series written for the beginning caregiver or teacher in a military child care center, this staff development module aims to provide practice in making decisions in problematic sitations concerning school-age children. The module offers several discussions of issues related to the topic of child care for school-age children. These…

A study was conducted to examine the impact of a non-sex-biased, self-instructional module on preservice home economics teachers' attitudes toward teaching nutrition to adolescent males and females and to gain knowledge of students' nutritional needs. Sixty-two participants from three institutions in Pennsylvania offering undergraduate programs in…

These materials for the curriculum area of creating a living environment comprise one of six such packages that are part of the Ohio Vocational Consumer/Homemaking Curriculum Guide. The curriculum area or perennial problem taken up in this document is divided into three practical problems regarding: (1) a place to live; (2) managing a home…

Focusing on health and personal service occupations, the documents aggregated here contain the combined teacher and student log sheets for the grade 1 unit of a career education curriculum originally designed for migrant children; student worksheets on job and role information; and learning activities related to 12 jobs: blacksmith, television…

This packet of six learning modules on safety is one of eight such packets developed for apprenticeship training for low voltage alarm. Introductory materials are a complete listing of all available modules and a supplementary reference list. Each module contains some or all of these components: goal, performance indicators, study guide (a check…