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Bess, Melissa M. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Cooking Matters at the Store is a grocery store tour where participants learned about healthy eating and tips for saving money on food purchases. Participants learned how to read food labels, compare unit prices, find whole grains, and three ways to purchase produce. Evaluations revealed that participants planned to use the information they…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Eating Habits, Health Promotion, Consumer Education

Fox, Roy F. – Educational Leadership, 1995
A study of 200 rural Missouri teenagers revealed that this captive audience is hoodwinked by Channel One TV commercials. Some students viewed sportswear commercials as advertisements for athletes. Others mistook certain Pepsi commercials for public-service announcements. Repetition, testimonials, and bandwagon appeals are classic propaganda…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Consumer Education, Grade 9, High Schools
Hosokawa, Michael; Roberts, Carl R. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
Federal legislation established nutrition and social welfare programs for the elderly. In order to determine the patterns of life of the elderly, a survey was done of those who participated in a nutrition program in 20 rural areas in Missouri. Data indicated a need for nutrition and consumer education which focuses on the elderly and declining…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Eating Habits, Federal Legislation, Health Education
Martin, Betty B.; And Others – 1978
To effectively provide services to assist consumer educators, data was sought regarding (1) the specific types of classes in which consumer education is taught, (2) the concepts and methodology included in consumer education courses, (3) the concepts and methodology for which teachers feel a particular need for additional information, and (4) the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Concept Teaching, Consumer Education, Course Content
Norris, Virginia – 1967
A study of low income homemakers attending consumer information educational meetings in St. Louis City, Missouri was undertaken to determine the knowledge acquired in specified consumer education practices and to assess the applicability of educational methods in presenting consumer information. The schedule of 121 questions used by interviewers…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Consumer Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Home Economics Education
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1974
This study was initiated by Florissant Valley Community College and conducted by Systems Development Corporation to determine the priority of educational/information needs of three target groups: women, blacks, and older Americans. Among the aims of the project was the identification of existing constraints on community access to sources of…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Organizations, Community Study
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1995
This document contains a scope and sequence for the Vocational Family and Consumer Sciences Program in Missouri and a brief report of the project during which they were developed. The scope and sequence consists of these sections: national vision and mission statements; comparison of the two types of programs; overview of vocational family and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Consumer Education, Consumer Science, Family Life Education
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. – 1989
This guide replaces the 1975 publication "A Guide for Developing a Comprehensive K-12 School Health Instruction Program." It is designed to provide a framework for local curriculum development by identifying knowledge and skills students should master at each of four levels--grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. At each level, the…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Disease Control, Drug Abuse
Hunter, Starley – 1967
In 1964, and again in 1966, a survey was made of sample populations of families living in a public housing project in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose was to find family characteristics, their homemaking practices, and the effects of extension classes in home management and family economics, clothing, and food and nutrition. In 1966, it was found…
Descriptors: Age, Clothing, Consumer Education, Educational Background
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1994
This performance report for program year 1994 outlines the accomplishments and benefits to individuals in Missouri of the state's vocational-technical education program. The report records enrollment information, projects conducted, accomplishments, and future needs for the following areas: (1) performance standards and core measures; (2)…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Early Parenthood
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1988
The Missouri state plan for vocational education for 1989-1990 calls for increasing the rate and quality of the participation of targeted populations (handicapped, disadvantaged, adults, single parents/homemakers, persons seeking job training in occupations that are nontraditional for their gender, and incarcerated persons) at appropriate…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Counseling, Career Education, Compliance (Legal)
Van Buren, Jan B. – 1989
This manual was developed to provide Missouri consumer and homemaking education teachers with documentation of the core competencies and skills that they teach. The key skills were developed from the following areas: English/reading/language arts; mathematics; science; and social studies/civics. Documentation was accomplished through analysis of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Daugherty, Mabel H. – 1981
A project was undertaken to plan a consumer education program and delivery system for elderly persons in the six-county Bootheel area of Southeast Missouri. Included among the project's activities were the following: (1) assessing the needs and qualifications for consumer education programs for the elderly through a literature search and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
This guide contains nine units of study for a beginning course in home economics. Units include some or all of the following components: performance objectives, lesson plans, information sheets, transparency masters, handouts, assignment sheets, job sheets, a unit test, and answers to the unit test. All units are competency based and…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Competence
Hansen, Joan – 1983
This instructor's guide contains materials for use in teaching a middle school exploratory home economics course. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: nutrition education and food management, parenting education, resource management, clothing management, and personal management. Each section contains a unit…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
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