Part of a series of classroom aids designed for real estate instructors, this instructional packet was developed to help real estate students understand the various alternative mortgage instruments, including their major advantages and disadvantages. First, an evaluation form for the packet is presented. Next, a summary presentation on four basic…

Part of a series of classroom aids designed for real estate instructors, this instructional packet was developed to help real estate students understand the rules, regulations, and laws governing home foreclosures under deeds of trust in Texas. Information on home foreclosures is presented, covering: (1) the three elements of a proper foreclosure;…

This course of study provides a framework for the content of a program in business education as part of the Alabama vocational education program. The course of study was designed to assist educators in developing and maintaining high quality vocational programs and to ensure uniformity of vocational programs. Following a description of the…

Vocational schools are an excellent breeding ground for entrepreneurs. In addition to such programs as the Free Enterprise Project at the Auburn Career Center (Lake County, Ohio), some vocational schools, including Auburn, offer optional, short-term entrepreneurial programs. Entrepreneurship training in secondary educational institutions is…

The advanced typewriting course (for college students) effectively provided for individual differences through the use of proficiency tests, pretests, learning assignment units at three student-selected levels, timed tests, and individual pacing. (MS)

Analyzes development of education programs for information management in graduate schools of business and management, and discusses themes currently appearing in the business literature that indicate a need for information management courses. Present information management programs in business schools and current and future relationships with…

Describes (1) an annual report assignment that includes concepts to be learned and teaching strategies, (2) methods of introducing the business communications course during its first week, (3) and preparing visual aids from financial periodicals. (EL)

Describes a business communications class assignment to complete an annotated bibliography on high technology communication and its objectives. Includes questions discussed by the class on the due date of the assignment. (HTH)

The Oakland County, Michigan, school system computer accounting program is described in which vocational high school accounting students utilize the computer as a tool in the classroom. (TA)

Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to developing an implementing a plan to start a business or an organization. It…

Describes a graduate course that integrates written, oral, and organizational communication and is designed to meet the needs of both masters and doctoral students. (FL)

Suggests eleven steps for the adviser of a student business organization in developing a program of work so that students (1) learn the management-by-objectives approach to planning and evaluating, (2) are involved in committees, (3) use principles of delegation, (4) base the budget on the planned activities, and (5) record chapter activities. (MF)

This article contains a sequence of topics from the mathematics of annuities presented in a way that can be used as a brief unit on business applications at the level of intermediate or college algebra. (Author/MK)

Suggestions are offered to distributive education teachers on how to effectively teach economic principles and concepts at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Suggestions are discussed in relation to three major challenges faced by the teacher: Developing appropriate instructional goals or objectives, organizing the subject matter content, and…

Describes a study undertaken by the author to establish a procedure through which typewriting students could be assigned individual goals for improving their speed or accuracy rates. (HD)