In 1988, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College to explain declining scores on the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) since 1984. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether students had changed in terms of their basic skills at college entry, native language, needs for English as a Second Language instruction,…

This curriculum guide is one of a number of curriculum guides developed for use in vocational home economics education in Texas. The guide is correlated closely with the essential elements prescribed by the State Board of Education. The competencies in the guide are the essential elements, and the subcompetencies are the subelements prescribed in…

This book is one in a series designed to provide access to a wide range of selected articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals. This volume contains 32 articles by environmentalists, scientists, educators, researchers, and writers providing effective and useful perspectives on important topics in the study of environment. Articles included…

A review of the literature on the transfer of preservice teacher training to the classroom suggests that several definitive factors enhance transfer. A social studies methods course was developed with these factors in mind, and included directed reading activities (DRA) with a text, controversial topic discussion, and inquiry. During the academic…

This text- and workbook serves as an introduction to French, German, and Spanish as second languages. An introductory chapter discusses the relatedness of languages and the interrelationships of the Indo-European language families. The relationships of French, German, and Spanish to English are demonstrated in cognate exercises. In the second…

The guide presents content and techniques for teaching conversational French in the elementary grades. It contains an introductory section and 20 units for classroom instruction. The introduction includes notes on the overall objectives of the course, general guidelines on classroom procedure, and specific techniques for use of the materials…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and adminstrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the course, Life Management Skills I. Section I contains a validated task inventory for this course. For each task, applicable information pertaining to performance and enabling objectives and…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and adminstrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the course, Life Management Skills II. Section I contains a validated task inventory for this course. For each task, applicable information pertaining to performance and enabling objectives and…

At Colorado Mountain College (CMC), academic advising is based upon a comparison of students' basic skills with the skill requirements of individual courses. Students who enter CMC to obtain a degree must take placement tests in writing, reading, math, and study skills before they can enroll in classes. The placement test battery includes a…

This guide outlines the basic, developmental, and extension skills that should be covered in practical arts courses (for grades 7 and 8) presented within the framework of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial arts/technology education programs. The first section lists practical arts skills related to the following areas of…

A guide for curriculum development in New York City's French second language programs to be piloted in junior and senior high schools contains six cultural theme units for level 1 and the grammatical structures in French for levels 1-3. The cultural theme units are designed to be used as a core for the acquisition of language patterns, vocabulary,…

This guide is intended to assist vocational educators teaching a course in textiles to relate the skills addressed in science courses to a particular vocational education course. The guide consists of a curriculum alignment chart that cross-references vocational performance indicators to science skills/competencies. The science competency…

This curriculum guide is designed to provide students with an overview of the duties, procedures, concepts, tools, and equipment used in the auto body industry. This introductory course will prepare students to undertake training in one or more specialty areas of the auto-body trade. Suitable for secondary, postsecondary, or adult education…

This guide, which was written as an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System, outlines the suggested scope and sequence of the food and nutrition component of a course in consumer education and homemaking for grades 10 to 12.…

Designed to assist secondary school social studies, English, and humanities teachers as they teach about the Nazi Holocaust, the second of two volumes serves as a continuing introduction to the concept of human rights. Building on the first volume, which dealt with the roots of intolerance and persecution and precursors of the Holocaust, this…