This manual consists of an introduction to our Academic Peer Instruction (API) program at LaGuardia Community College, a compilation of the materials we have developed and use for training of our tutors (with answers), and a bibliography. API is based on an internationally recognized peer tutoring program, Supplemental Instruction. (Contains 6…

A programed format is used here to instruct teachers to write a prescription for a student using the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program. Prescriptions are to be written on the basis of the information provided about a hypothetical student and on a continual evaluation of his work. Prescriptions may be checked against samples…

The purpose of this program guide is to give children an opportunity to talk about ideas and concepts which are related to drug abuse, and to help them understand themselves a little bit better. Research into causes of drug abuse indicates that there is a strong relationship between certain behavioral characteristics and the tendency to abuse…

AN OVERVIEW OF THE COUNSELING PHILOSOPHY, ORGANIZATION, AND SERVICES NOW IN OPERATION IN THE UPPER GRADES OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL SYSTEM IS PROVIDED. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST EACH STUDENT TO DEVELOP REALISTIC IDEAS AND IMAGES ABOUT HIMSELF, TO LEARN ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIMSELF IN THE WORLD, AND TO HELP HIM FORMULATE, PLAN FOR,…

The substance of this manual centers on the development and implementation of the Bowling Green, Kentucky career education program. Preparing students for life-centered careers, the school system has developed, through a three year process, a program that involves every teacher, guidance counselor and administrator and permeates the fabric of the…

This manual outlines goals, and provides reading material, problem situations and suggested class activities for use in teacher education workshops concerned with overcoming sex role stereotyping in education. Materials for the first workshop session cover the general topic of sex-role stereotyping and its definition in terms of the traits,…

Prepared by local vocational administrators and teachers, this is one of five manuals resulting from the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project. Designed to assist teachers and administrators plan and evaluate occupational, technical, and career education courses and programs, this manual contains activities for accomplishing program…

VIEW (Vital Information for Education and Work) is essentially an information-gathering, storing, and dissemination system which uses microfiche application for information retrieval. It provides a means for giving current occupational information at a local level. The State of Michigan has made the VIEW project available to every junior and…

Directed to the Multnomah County, Oregon, sixth grade students who participate in the Outdoor School program, the reusable handbook serves as an introduction to the week-long, resident outdoor education experience which focuses on four natural resources: soil, water, plants, and animal life. Each week, four sixth grade classes from different…

Parental involvement is supplementary to the main line approach of the Special Needs Assessment Program (SNAP) whose main thrust is the diagnosis and remediation and/or partial alleviation of pupil needs by the child's teacher. This Parent Perception Project is an approach which provides for the involvement of parents in the process of identifying…

The Special Needs Assessment Program (SNAP) is designed to help teachers, parents, and children focus attention on individual pupils as human beings who need help in handling a variety of problems. The project's main intents are to help faculty in identifying critical needs and concerns of pupils and to encourage the building of instructional…

The handbook provides practical guidelines for approaching and carrying out an individual program at the University Without Walls (UWW). Section one gives an overview of UWW, with key affiliations, concepts, and materials, and a look at student participation. Section two contains information on implementing a program: program advisors, faculty…