A business communications instructor describes a method of improving business letter writing. Examples are provided. (TA)

The learning activities planned for use in a vocational typewriting class should meet at least one of the following objectives: develop the highest basic skill, provide a useable skill, recognize that knowledge learned is transferable to outside activities, emphasize both straight copy and production efficiency, and use realistic problems. (BP)

The computerized office procedures class, through the "learning-by-doing" approach, uses three instructional modules incorporating practical computer-based projects. (BP)

Examines the absence of materials focusing on the pragmatic aspects of business, a comprehensive business education model, and specific examples of injecting realism into the classroom. Advocates combining elementary economics with basic business principles to effectively bridge the business knowledge gap. (JOW)

A teaching technique is described in which the students were paid dollars for perfectly corrected production work and charged dollars for errors in typing and proofreading. (Author/BP)

ISP (Individualized Self-Pacing) is a program in operation in the business division at Fullerton College, (California), which allows not only for individualized instruction and self-pacing progress but free entry at any time during the semester. (Author)

The Career Business Skills Program objective is to establish an educational program capable of producing employable graduates who possess those skills, knowledges, and attitudes necessary to enter and make progress in an entry-level position in an office career. (BP)

Two techniques are described in helping business education students understand the causes of change in the amount of working capital and cash flow from operations. (Author)

The article illustrates a way typing students, with the guidance of a competent teacher, can individually progress toward prescribed competencies with the typewriter. The method consists of five easy steps: plan, orient, review, guide, and evaluate. (Author)

Discusses records management principles which provide the "whys" for practices and procedures in an efficient filing system and suggests techniques for incorporating these principles into filing instruction and for helping students develop an understanding of procedures involved in processing, storing, and retrieving records. (TA)

An activity schedule slit board, used as a method for planning and assessing a student's work in transcription, is described. Appropriate exercises are assigned for such individual problem areas as grammar and sentence structure and errors in transcribing from shorthand. An example activity on the semicolon is provided. (TA)

The importance of Word Processing Centers, using automatic typewriters, in the business world and the implications for the office occupations education curriculum is considered. (AG)