Intended for use by cooperative education program coordinators, this module deals with the United States Revenue Act of 1978 as it pertains to vocational cooperative education program enrollees and to employers sponsoring such programs in Michigan. The module, which is designed to be a self-paced instructional package, contains a pre-test, answer…

Intended for use by cooperative education program coordinators, this module deals with the ways in which legislation governing unemployment insurance pertains to vocational cooperative education programs. Two pieces of legislation--the Michigan Employment Security Act (P.A. 1936, as amended), and the Federal/State Extended Unemployment…

Intended for use by cooperative education program coordinators, this module deals with the way in which the Michigan Youth Employment Standards Act (P.A. 90 of 1978, as amended) affects youth employed through vocational cooperative education programs in Michigan. The module, which is designed to be a self-paced instructional package, contains a…

The document discusses the development of individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped students based upon information which describes a child's level of educational achievement and learning rate, social development, physical development, and management needs in the classroom. An introductory section provides a rationale for developing…

The instructor's manual is designed for inservice training on using cognitive behavior modification with mainstreamed emotionally disturbed adolescents. The theoretical rationale and general principles are discussed, and activities to help the instructor explain the tenets are described. The importance of recordkeeping is emphasized. The second…

Intended for classroom teachers, the booklet offers guidelines for dealing with learning disabled (LD) students. Sections address the following areas: characteristics of LD children, procedures for identification, intervention strategies, and application of assessment procedures to specific case studies. Also provided are a list of tests for…

Presents a collection of four case studies designed to help elementary students analyze situations where a wrong has occurred and offer recommendations for corrective justice. (JDH)

Presents firsthand observations of a successful twenty-day reading program involving one student who was transformed from a passive, reluctant, indifferent learner to one who acquired ownership for his learning and empowerment over the reading process.

Presents a three-day lesson, which requires students to evaluate selected Supreme Court cases and determine how they think the cases were decided and which amendments were applicable. Includes eighteen cases for student deliberation, followed by the actual Supreme Court decisions. (GEA)

This is a report of an application of the interpretation of errors and springboards in a real-life situation. If and why we need to reduce fractions is considered. (MNS)

Describes a writing assignment designed to help students incorporate into a single essay Moffett's writer-subject progressions: dramatization, narration, exposition, and logical argumentation. Describes one student's progress through successive drafts to arrive at this goal, and how discussions of her draft helped the other students. (HTH)

Covers instructional rationale, choosing the right case, case study structure, and case method instructional strategies. (PD)

Describes how a remedial instructor joined forces with a regular classroom teacher and developed learning contexts that would enable students with learning difficulties to experience success at academic tasks through shared learning. (HTH)

This book addresses family literacy as a theoretically sound field of research and practice that can be used to improve literacy worldwide. The book's 14 chapters are divided into four sections. Following the "Introduction" (Andrea DeBruin-Parecki and Barbara Krol-Sinclair), under Section I--Theoretical Perspectives Related to Family…

This book focuses on three distinct types of struggling readers that teachers will instantly recognize from their own classrooms--the "Catch-On Reader," the "Catch-Up Reader," and the "Stalled Reader." The book provides detailed case studies which bring to life the specific problems these students are likely to face…