This instructional package is one of three designed for educable mentally impaired students in the vocational area of building maintenance and engineering. The thirty-four learning modules are organized into six units: general maintenance tasks; restrooms; chalkboards; carpet care; office cleaning; and grounds. Each module includes these elements:…

This instructional package, one of four designed for regular vocational students, focuses on the vocational area of medical assistant. Contained in this document are forty-seven learning modules organized into nine units: review for competency; third-party billing; patient teaching; skill building; bookkeeping; interpersonal relationships; medical…

This instructional package is one of two designed for use by regular vocational students in the vocational area of small engine repair service. Contained in this document are forty-four learning modules organized into ten units: engine block; air cleaner; starters; fuel tanks; lines, filters, and pumps; carburetors; electrical; magneto systems;…

This instructional package is one of two designed for use by regular vocational students in the vocational area of small engine repair service. Contained in this document are forty-nine learning modules organized into eleven units: test equipment; motorcycle; engine removal and replacement; machining; tune-ups; short blocks; storage; filling out…

This module is designed to help the learner develop a present process of delivery for a learning activity developed by the Florida Parent Education model. The module begins with a prospectus that explains the purpose of the Florida Parent Education Model and the reason for creating this module. Four enabling objectives are included, each of which…

These career path training modules were developed by nursing educators. The authors state, however, that the section on prerequisite criteria for objective writers can be used to teach teachers how to develop independent study packages. In this section, 10 rules for writing objectives are presented, each of which is followed by a question with a…

This teaching module offers participants the requisite skills and professional perspective to determine the language dominance of Spanish-language-origin students. Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to (a) identify and describe an example of at least three techniques for determining the language dominance of…

This self-instructional module shows how to break down a goal into its directly observable component parts. Once this is done, the parts can be used as evaluative criteria for measuring goal accomplishment. The procedure used in this study is a specific application of a general method developed at the University of Massachusetts, called "The…

The purpose of this cluster of learning modules is to increase the teacher intern's understanding and skills with regard to his role as a communicator. The cluster contains three modules: (a) objectives for teaching handwriting, (b) methodology of manuscript writing, and (c) practice teaching of manuscript handwriting. Each module contains a…

When talking about different faculties designing a single performance-based module, one is faced immediately with 2 sets of opposing views. The first has to do with the conflict between a strict discipline orientation and interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, or non-disciplinary work. The second set of conflicts arises from the differences…

This module provides a theoretical framework and practical suggestions for developing oral second-language skills. Learning activities are designed to achieve the following objectives: (a) develop and evaluate oral drills, (b) identify characteristics of good pattern drills, (c) discriminate between "meaningless" and "meaningful" drills, and (d)…

This document focuses on the role of the curriculum specialist as an advisor to interns in their attempts to acquire and master teaching skills. The curriculum specialist has responsibility for the training of interns and for determining if the intern has met all of the teaching competency objectives. The major portion of the document is devoted…

Five learning modules are included in this module cluster developed for use in the Glassboro State Teacher Education program: a) Identifying Elementary Science Programs, b) Inventorying Elementary Science Materials, c) Observing Elementary Science Programs, d) Teaching Elementary Science Lessons Using Available Materials, and e) Examining…

During the 1972-73 academic year, the Utah State University Protocol Project developed four self-instructional modules related to classroom management: (a) Group Alerting, (b) Learner Accountability, (c) Transitions, and (d) Withitness. Each module contains a student guide composed primarily of recognition lessons based upon printed classroom…

Instructional modules are self-contained units that include all the information and materials necessary for mastery of one or more competencies. One module design consists of seven components: a) a description of the field in which competency is to be demonstrated; b) the concept and rationale for including the module in the total program; c) the…