A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report covers the microsequencing developed for concept area one. It represents the initial segmentation of the macro…

With the focus now on career education as a catalyst for producing self-sufficient and personally self-fulfilled human beings, efforts are being made to develop teaching techniques which will produce effective learning in the great percentage of the student body enrolled. This document explores some of the more widely used approaches to…

The Compulearn system was developed for use in general education, special training, and business and industry to provide individualized instruction for all age groups in a wide range of career areas and occupational fields. The system apparatus consists of a battery-operated "console" box with two plugs, one for questions and one for…

The nature and rationale of the BLADE (Basic Literacy for Adult Development) Program are explained in this instructor's manual, which also provides an analysis and index of the content. The BLADE Program raises adults to a measured Grade 5.0 level in reading, other communication skills, and mathematics. The program is completely individualized: it…

As a supplement to Learning Activity Packages (LAP) of the earth-space project, this manual presents self-directed activities especially designed for individualized instruction. Besides an introduction to LAP characteristics, sets of instructions are given in connection with the metric system, the earth's dimensions, indirect evidence for atomic…

This book is addressed to the student who is preparing to teach English in the high school or to the young teacher in his first years of teaching. The first chapter discusses the components of a commitment to the teaching of English and the responsibilities the teacher faces in the teaching of language, literature, and composition. The subsequent…

A progress report describes the design and demonstration of the computer-based Instructional Management Systems (IMS) for the period March 1, 1967, through February 29, 1968. The rationale and design considerations of IMS, development of its system components, functioning of the components during the first field trial, and data collected during…

The first Statewide Conference on Migrant Education was held on July 8, 1971, at the New York State Center for Migrant Studies at the State University College in Geneseo. The participants were able to attend 4 out of the 33 conference sessions. Session topics covered such areas as accountability-testing, individualized instruction in science and…

A series of ten teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) in advanced algebra and trigonometry, the units cover logic; absolute value, inequalities, exponents, and complex numbers; functions; higher degree equations and the derivative; the trigonometric function; graphs and applications of the trigonometric functions; sequences and…

ERIC abstracts on assessing educational innovations, announced in RIE through August 1972, are presented. The key terms used in compiling this collection are "educational innovation,""evaluation," and "evaluation criteria." The documents present materials on the change process, the choice and use of good ideas, and the development of assessment…

This programed instruction study guide is one of a series that form a first-year algebra course. Structured in a multiple-choice question-answer format with scrambled pages, it is intended to be used in conjunction with a computer-managed instructional system. Volume 1 includes general instructions for working with this system, and then covers the…

This programed instruction study guide is one of a series that form a first-year algebra course. Structured in a multiple-choice question-answer format with scrambled pages, it is intended to be used in conjunction with a computer-managed instructional system. The following topics are covered in Volume 2: punctuation marks; order of operations;…

This programed instruction study guide is one of a series that form a first-year algebra course. Structured in a multiple-choice question-answer format with scrambled pages, it is intended to be used in conjunction with a computer-managed instructional system. The following topics are covered in Volume 3: solving problems with open sentences;…

This programed instruction study guide is one of a series that form a first-year algebra course. Structured in a multiple-choice question-answer format with scrambled pages, it is intended to be used in conjunction with a computer-managed instructional system. The following topics are covered in Volume 4: combining terms, equations with variables…

This programed instruction study guide is one of a series that form a first-year algebra course. Structured in a multiple-choice question-answer format with scrambled pages, it is intended to be used in conjunction with a computer-managed instructional system. The following topics are covered in Volume 5: operations on directed numbers,…