Eleven steps for increasing education equity for boys and girls are listed. (PBS)

Discusses the lack of calculus textbook improvements even though there have been complaints about them from students and professors. Argues against using commercial textbooks in calculus instruction. (ASK)

This discussion guide will help groups of teachers, parents, and high school students learn about the importance of values and the role of education in the study of values. Several techniques are presented by which educators can design classroom experiences around the process of valuing. A major objective of the guide is to assure parents of the…

This career exploration instructional booklet on the chef's occupation is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). Based on a job analysis and utilizing a programed instructional format, the following content is included: A brief description of a chef's job…

This career exploration instructional booklet on the occupation of a physical therapist is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). Based on a job analysis and utilizing a programed instructional format, the following content is included: A brief description of a…

This occupational simulation booklet on the newspaper reporter is one of several units resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). The purpose of this unit is to help students understand the kinds of writing that are contained in a newspaper while acquainting them with the type of…

Intended for parents, the booklet provides a practical guide to the types of learning aids that are helpful to the hearing impaired child. Sections cover the following: an explanation of residual hearing; types of hearing aids and hearing aid equipment; language development aids (brief descriptions are provided for materials in beginning language,…

This document is an instructional module package prepared in objective form for use by an instructor familiar with fluoridation and fluoride feeding equipment. Enclosed are objectives, an instructor guide, student handouts and transparency masters. The module considers the principles and purposes of fluoridation, methods of feeding fluoride,…

This circular brings together suggestions from the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station and the Illinois State Natural History Survey relating to orchard practices and pest control. It provides some basic steps in pest control and discusses some specific orchard pests such as grasshoppers, mites, mice, and rabbits. In addition, it gives some…

Supporting performance objective 77 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on typing tabulated information, such as tables, columns, or rows of figures are included in this packet. (The packet is the eighth in a set of fifteen on…

The materials included in this booklet are designed for use by participants in Application Sessions A and B for Teacher Educators in postsecondary institutions. These materials are initial drafts prepared for filed testing only. They are not the final products to be delivered at the completion of the project. The materials are organized within two…

This manual is concerned with how to facilitate the evaluation of instructional materials through the effective use of physical and human resources. It is intended to be used as a guide, as a model, and as a reference source. As a guide, it offers a broad range of activities, definitions, and illustrations which facilitate the use of the…

This pamphlet identifies the components of the overhead projector and suggests ways it can be used in presenting instruction. Advantages and disadvantages of the overhead are listed, and instructions are provided for setting up, positioning, and focusing the equipment. Information is also given on how to use opaque materials and overlays, how to…

This is a bilingual orientation handbook for Vietnamese refugees in the United States. The handbook provides information on refugee status, its legal definition and obligations. General information presented about the United States includes a description of the land, climate, people, government, and a list of national holidays. Living conditions…

This training manual provides information needed to meet the minimum EPA standards for certification as a commercial applicator of pesticides in the general pest control category. The text discusses general, parasitic and miscellaneous pests such as ants, ticks, and spiders; fabric, wood-destroying, and grain pests such as beetles, termites, and…