This is the sixth report in the series published by the PLATO Services Organization to keep users and prospective users up to date on curricular developments on the PLATO system. The series provides information on completed lessons which have been used in actual instructional situations. At present there are 6,000 hours of instructional materials…

Effective, "schoolwide" inclusion ensures the best outcomes for all students--but how can school teams knock down the barriers to inclusion and make sure it's happening across all classrooms? This concise book gives principals and other school leaders the solution they've been waiting for: a clear framework for leading inclusion efforts,…

This report is the fourth in a series of reports which the PLATO Services Organization publishes to keep users up to date on curricular developments on the PLATO system. Materials are listed here under 71 subject areas. The report first presents all subject areas in which PLATO lesson development is in progress; it then provides a summary of…

This report is the second of a series of semi-annual reports which the PLATO Services Organization publishes to keep users up to date on curricular development on the PLATO system. Materials are listed here under 65 general subject matter headings. Section II, the summary, presents a list of all subject areas in which lesson development on PLATO…

This is the third in a series of reports which the PLATO Services Organization is publishing to keep users up to date on curricular developments on the PLATO system. Materials are listed here under 71 general subject matter areas. The report presents first a list of all subject areas and instructional levels in which PLATO lesson development is in…

Designed for the participants in the Project SEARCH curriculum development project, this discussion guide describes the process of valuing through a group experience activity. The guide is designed to be used by people who might not know one another previously. As a group, participants view the process of valuing abstractly and also act out how…

This catalog lists all curriculum materials submitted for display at the 1976 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference in Miami Beach. Materials are grouped according to subject matter, with separate sections for general curriculum development, adult education, art, bilingual education, career education, consumer…

This publication is a collection of 77 projects which have been designed for secondary science students. The main purpose of the publication is to illustrate what a school technology project is and how it relates to the rest of the curriculum. Some of the projects are investigations while others have the construction of a device as their main…

This document describes the reasoning behind the: (a) selection and ordering of objectives, (b) choice of commercial materials, and (c) preparation of materials for an individually prescribed mathematics curriculum. General considerations and objective selection for individualization are reviewed for the selection of objectives. General…

This document is a guide for teachers and community resource personnel interested in developing an environmental education program. The book is divided into seven parts: (1) Process and Problem Solving Approach to Learning; (2) Lesson Plans for Environmental Investigations; (3) Simulations; (4) Developing Environmental Investigations; (5) Group…

The active involvement of students in a study of the customs, traditions, and institutionalized ways society has organized to preserve economic stability is the goal of this consumer education teaching guide. Designed for the use of social studies teachers, units are devoted to the studies of: (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3)…

This is a teacher's guide for a multi-media presentation developed using Emergency School Aid Act funds. It was designed for kindergarten to sixth grade students. The purpose of the kit is to increase cross-cultural understanding by providing information about contemporary Chinese American lifestyles. The kit includes a set of three filmstrips…

Basic information for the development of a consumer and homemaking experience-centered program in the elementary school is provided in this resource guide. Content is presented in outline form to facilitate use by both educators who do and do not have homemaking teachers on their staff. The following sections are included: (1) the homemaking…

This publication provides the goals, concepts, objectives, and rationale for the six activity guides in this series of energy education materials. The organization of this series, as presented in this publication, centers around six goals which correspond to the activity guides. Under each goal are several concepts, which in turn, have several…

This handbook was written primarily to assist module developers working in the Kentucky Competency-Based Curriculum Project. It was also prepared to help module developers in other areas of education as well as to help administrators who would be installing programs of this type in their schools. This handbook provides an explanation of…