Surveys the why,'' how,'' where,'' and by whom'' of consumer education in vocational agriculture and synthesizes this in eight concluding statements that suggest what should be.'' (Editor)

Comprehensive indepth report on instructional materials programed package. Provides selection data for school systems based on multiple criteria assessing instructional processes and content, difficulty of implementation, and ease of incorporation into an ongoing curriculum design. (Editor)

Business teachers can make a substantial contribution to a consumer education program. (Author)

Children's trade books are examined for both their explicit and implicit approaches to consumer education. (53 references) (Author)

Contains explanations and examples of mathematical calculations for a secondary level course on personal finance. How to calculate total monetary cost of an item, monthly payments, different types of interest, annual percentage rates, and unit pricing is explained. (RM)

The use of community resources in teaching consumer education provides teachers who are inherently interesting to students. Combining community resources with an experiential approach will encourage students to discover principles and develop reasoning skills important to consumer education. (JOW)

Describes the Consumer Education Project for Educable Mentally Retarded (EMR) 13- to 16-year-olds in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools. (Author/CM)