The Title I Great Cities Training Programs were desiqned to provide school paraprofessional personnel in Detroit, Michigan, with the knowledge, skills and techniques that will lead to higher levels of achievement among the Title I target student population. This evaluation report provides a description of program structure, training curricula, and…

This formative review of a project designed to help high school students become more discriminating television viewers (1) presents a description of the curriculum designed during the project to foster critical television viewing in teenagers, (2) outlines the major tasks involved in the formative review of the curriculum, and (3) presents and…

This guide is the introductory volume for the third in a series of instructor-assisted training modules for rehabilitation counselors, supervisors, and graduate students. This trainer's guide for the third module focuses on the effective management of the counselor's caseload and provides the instructor's narrative for teaching caseload management…

This publication provides a framework for the development of global education teaching skills, K-12. There are seven major sections. Section I very briefly describes the contents of the publication. Section II examines the need for global education. Discussed are forces creating the global age, global issues, major trends in the international…

College level remediation programs are generally unsatisfactory because students tend to give these noncredit courses low priority and do not seem to transfer the skills learned to their content courses. In addition, because students are simultaneously enrolled in regular content courses requiring skills they have not yet developed, they often…

This document presents a list of approximately 200 vocationally relevant instructional materials and sources regarding basic skills development. (They were developed in conjunction with the project, Teaching Basic Skills Through Vocational Education.) These materials focus on basic skills in mathematics, reading, writing, and oral communication…

Technology, defined as power to build or to destroy, affects both the natural and social environments. Technological societies are characterized by five elements: green revolution, industry, medicine, biology, and space technology. To demonstrate that individuals and groups perceive the effects of these aspects differently, a summary of nine pro…

This study sought to determine the difference between learning with the aid of a motion picture presenting the visual field of the performer and the performer in action and learning with the aid of a motion picture presenting only the performer in action. Two motion pictures of a student tracking on a pursuit rotary unit constituted the…

The older job seeker faces both external and internal barriers in finding employment. External barriers include such economic and societal obstacles as age discrimination, rapid technological changes and the shifting demands of the job market. Internal barriers include diminishing job seeking motivation and limited job seeking skills. A conceptual…

Recognizing that photography in the classroom is highly motivating in that it offers a unique vehicle for communicating ideas visually, this study was designed to isolate variables which can be both observed and evaluated in photographs and for which instruction can be designed. Relationships among the technical and aesthetic qualities in…

These guidelines will help Hawaiian teachers and administrators develop and implement elementary social studies programs. The guidelines can be easily used by teachers in other states. There are seven chapters. Chapter one contains an overview of the social studies program in Hawaii. Program objectives, performance expectations, and competencies…

Part of K-12 sequential series, this teacher's guide provides objectives and activities for social studies students in grade 2. Five major sections concentrate on learning, inquiry, and discussion skills, concepts, and values and moral reasoning. Learning skills include listening, speaking, viewing, reading, writing, map, and statistical…

Part of a K-12 sequential series, this teacher's guide presents objectives and activities for social studies students in grade 3. Five major sections concentrate on learning, inquiry, and discussion skills, concepts, and values and moral reasoning. Learning skills stress listening, speaking, viewing, reading, writing, map, and statistical…

This teacher's guide, part of a K-12 sequential series, provides objectives and activities for students in grade 4. Five major sections focus on learning, inquiry, and discussion skills, concepts, and values and moral reasoning. Learning skills stress listening, speaking, viewing, reading, writing, map, and statistical abilities. Students role…

This teacher's guide, part of a sequential K-12 series, provides objectives and activities for social studies students in grade 6. Five major sections focus on learning, inquiry, and discussion skills, concepts, and values and moral reasoning. Learning skills stress listening, speaking, viewing, reading, writing, map, and statistical abilities.…