THIS STUDY CLASSIFIED MNEMONIC STRATEGIES, EXAMINED THEIR THEORETICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND REPORTED EXPERIMENTS INVESTIGATING THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF MNEMONICS IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT INVESTIGATED THE COMMON MNEMONICS USED BY STUDENTS IN STUDYING A MEDICAL TEXTBOOK. THE SECOND EXPERIMENT TESTED THE…

A VOLUME OF ESSAYS WHICH SPECULATED ON THE ROLES THAT MAY BE PLAYED BY NEW EDUCATIONAL MEDIA IN THE AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS BEEN COLLECTED. THE VOLUME CONSISTS OF 5 PARTS AND 11 CHAPTERS. IN PART ONE, "OVERVIEW," THE EDITORS HAVE SUMMARIZED AND SYNTHESIZED THE ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION, AND ADDED THEIR OWN SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF NEW…

To increase the supply of modularized instructional materials to meet the need for preservice and/or inservice education of professional vocational educators, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education and seven interested states organized in 1978 a Consortium for the Development of Professional Materials for Vocational Education. To…

To assist in the development of secondary level coal mining curricula, this report identifies sixty-four competencies considered by coal mining companies and instructors to be of major or moderate importance. Also, four tables are used to aid curriculum planners. Table 1 contains occupational competencies ranked in importance for the secondary…

In Phase I of this project, a model delivery system was developed to provide marketable skills and supportive services for 16-20 single parents and/or homemakers residing in the rural southern five counties of Illinois. During this phase of the project, which lasted from January to June 1986, the assessment procedures and criteria from which the…

Intended for teachers of elementary and secondary social studies, science, home economics, and health, the source book focuses on the history of American Indians in Illinois and their plant and animal food sources. Section I presents general information, states learning objectives, and includes a map of Indian tribes in the United States at the…

This handbook provides vocational teachers with some ideas, strategies, and resources for working effectively with limited English-proficient (LEP) students in their classrooms. The handbook includes four basic sections: (1) suggested teacher competencies, (2) instructional strategies, (3) instructional resources, and (4) reference documents. A…

The six career education projects evaluated in this report were a computerized counsel or support system (Willow Brook High School); a career education model, grades 7-10 (Chicago State University and School District 143 1/2); a career education resource laboratory (Eastern Illinois University); career education K-12 (East St. Louis); a career…

Designed to assist administrators of staff development programs for personnel engaged in Illinois' summer educational programs for migrant youth, this guide contains suggestions for a 2-day intensive staff inservice program. Providing a continuum of difficulty to allow selection of activities and levels most appropriate to local needs, the guide…

This monograph describes a suggested approach to career education for handicapped students that focuses on two aspects of the career development process, career exploration and development of an academic program reflecting vocational needs. Discussed in the section on career exploration are career goals, the teacher-counselor role, individual…