This instructor's manual and student learning activity guide comprise a kit for a graphic arts activity on offset press operator/duplicating machine. Purpose stated for the activity is to provide the student with an understanding of the basic operation involved in the production of printed matter in the graphic communications industry through the…

Suggests reading teachers use Bloom's Taxonomy as a framework for teaching comprehension, notes why it is a valid instructional tool, briefly explains Bloom's Taxonomy, and demonstrates how specific comprehension skills fit Bloom's categories. (RB)

This workbook is designed to provide beginning and experienced teachers and administrators with a guide to evaluating and selecting materials with respect to the student who uses them, the instructor who teaches from them, and the program that orders them. It is intended to be either self-instructive or used in conjunction with a staff development…

This curriculum guide provides materials for a metal trades technology course of study at the high school level. Its stated purpose is to help students acquire the trade knowledge necessary to function effectively in the shipfitting, welding, and piping trades. Contents include: a course description, a list of general objectives; lists of…

This guide on entrepreneurship is designed for use as a unit within an existing course. The unit is best used as individualized instruction, although small groups could be used; class discussions should precede individual work. Material is organized into six parts: entrepreneurship as a career, legal considerations of entrepreneurship, selecting a…

This workbook, comprised of both the teacher and student editions, presents guidelines useful for first-year catfish farmers in Oklahoma using pond or cage cultures to raise channel catfish. The teacher edition is a set of unit guidelines only. Contents include a list of suggested readings, important addresses with types of information available…

This instructor's manual and student learning activity guide comprise a kit for trade and industrial (T & I) education activities in electronics. Purpose stated for the activities is to teach the student to recognize various electronics components and to learn how these components work together by assembling a project. The instructor's manual…

This instructor's manual and student learning activity guide comprise a kit for trade and industrial education (T & I) activities on electric motors. Purpose stated for the activities is to teach the student the four basic types of electric motors, the advantages and disadvantages of each, the types of jobs each can perform, and how to disassemble…

Several examples are provided of criterion checklists, which are defined as documents which include qualities of actions necessary in a desired performance or qualities of elements necessary in a desired product. How and when to use checklists in skill teaching and how to create them are discussed. (MBR)

The draft version of South Carolina's state foreign language curriculum for elementary and secondary schools is presented. It begins by discussing the rationale for foreign/second language education, focusing on economic, cultural, intellectual reasons for studying languages and examining enrollment patterns and trends in the state. The second…

Instructional materials are provided for a unit dealing with Christmas tree production and marketing. Unit objectives and a list of visual masters appear first. Content is arranged by four topics: introduction, starting a Christmas tree plantation, maintaining the plantation, and marketing Christmas trees. For each topic, objectives, an…

Supplementary guidelines for elementary visual arts education in Arizona schools are presented in 13 sections. Section one provides an overview of Arizona educational requirements. Sections two and three contain a statement of purpose for elementary visual arts education and a definition of art learning. Section four provides the bulk of the…

This supplement to Chicago's standard curriculum guide in reading is for use with primary level Chinese-speaking students. It is designed to help students to develop the skills needed to function in a regular English program of instruction. Teaching/learning strategies are presented in Chinese. Objectives, teacher directions, and other pertinent…

This guide is a supplement to the Chicago public schools' regular reading curriculum guide and is for use with Polish-speaking students at approximately 5th grade level. Teaching strategies refer the teacher to Polish texts and to literary and historical selections which reflect the students' Polish heritage. Reading guide references to American…

This supplement to the Chicago public schools' regular reading curriculum guide is for use with Polish-speaking fourth graders. Teaching strategies refer the teacher to Polish texts and to literary and historical selections which reflect the students' Polish heritage, and reading guide references to American customs, traditions, and folklore are…