This teaching guide consists of statements of goals and objectives, teachers' notes and suggested activities, and lists of suggested materials for use in teaching a secondary-level course on office procedures. Designed for students enrolled in an office skills cluster of courses, this course is intended to synthesize the knowledge and skills…

Designed to help teachers provide students with various word processing skills, this teacher's guide contains nine units of instruction. The units address various skills that are prerequisite for entry-level word processing positions, including concepts and theories of word processing, language usage, mathematics, machine transcription and…

This ideabook consists of activities and ideas to motivate students in various business education courses. Following an introductory discussion of general instructional approaches and motivational techniques, various business education subject areas are covered. Included among these are accounting, business communications, business English,…

Suggests that information about selection of the proper kinds of paper needed in office work should be included in office skills courses. Defines basic paper terms and describes uses and qualities of different paper for various office applications. (MF)

The advent of word processing centers has provided typewriting teachers with an alternative measurement system that, instead of penalizing errors, grades students according to Usable Lines Produced (ULP). The ULP system is job-oriented and promotes realistic office standards in typewriting productivity. (MF)

Secretarial survival skills of communication, organization, and decision making should be incorporated into the secretarial training program, according to the author. She discusses these skills in relation to career mobility. (MF)

As dictation skills are becoming more important in controlling business correspondence costs, the article presents approaches to teaching dictation practice after students have learned letter organization in business communication classes. Approaches include cooperative projects with office procedures and shorthand classes, using dictation…

The author suggests subjects and methods for including word processing competencies in office curriculums pending implementation of curriculum revisions. She discusses word processing concepts and processes, communication skills, equipment skills, and supervision skills. (MF)

The author describes a special telephone training program at Arcadia High School, Phoenix, Arizona, to give office education students instruction in proper telephone techniques. The self-paced units include voice evaluation, telephone usage, telephone directory usage, telephone spelling, and recording telephone messages. (MF)

A formula for a rotation plan and eleven steps for individualizing programs for student assignment on office machines or other individualized units are presented. Illustrating the plan are a worksheet showing time allotments for the students and machines and the rotation units for the same students and machines. (MF)

This teaching guide consists of statements of goals and objectives, teachers' notes and suggested activities, and lists of suggested materials to use in teaching two consecutive secondary-level shorthand and transcription courses. Covered first are the rationale behind each course, evaluation procedures to be used in the course, course time…

This guide contains the essential parts of a total curriculum for a one-year secondary-level course in computerized accounting. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: the complete accounting cycle, computer operations for accounting, computerized accounting and general ledgers, computerized accounts payable,…

This document is designed to provide assistance to people in school districts who are responsible for making decisions regarding the purchase and use of microcomputers in business and office education programs. A section on planning considerations outlines considerations that need to be addressed, available resources, and maximizing the use of…

This guide contains the essential parts of a total curriculum for a one-year secondary-level course in shorthand. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: the advantages and basic tools and techniques of shorthand, pretranscription skills, the development of accuracy and speed in taking dictation, and the…

This curriculum guide is one of nine such guides developed for an Alberta high school business education program. Its content covers the main subject area or strand of typewriting. Subject to the constraints outlined in the guide, the modules are to be formatted into three- or four-credit courses within each strand. Introductory materials include…