A study was conducted to determine if two specific factors had an effect on business teachers' perceptions of barriers to the implementation of a change. The two factors were the type of environment (type of school in which the teacher taught) and whether or not a change was perceived as being new or old. The change was implementation of a…

This yearbook examines the implications of assessment, assessment design, and multiple assessment tools. The five sections of the book are designed for developing and implementing assessment strategies for the business education curriculum, and several of the 14 chapters contain examples of assessment. The chapters cover the following topics: (1)…

Improving the inferior image that marketing education has developed can only be accomplished through the professionalism and dedication of each marketing education teacher and through efforts of marketing officials to upgrade program quality at every level. Eight suggestions are offered to stimulate ideas: (1) get students involved in fund-raising…

The business education department of Hazelwood High School, St. Louis County, Missouri, has developed a prototype career education program that introduces students to specific jobs in the area of accounting. (LH)

A way to depict the kind of instructional organization used in an individualized course is to describe the kind of scheduling arrangements possible for students. This aspect of 23 business courses included in one State-wide evaluation is the focus of attention in this article. (Author)

At Bay Shore High School, the business education department designed a course guide in booklet form geared to the student population. (BP)

This volume explores the problem of being knowledgeable about business practices. Curriculum materials are provided for three conceptual levels of this problem and include objectives, directed activities, suggestions for feedback to students, a list of materials required for teaching each stage, and teacher references. Support materials include…

Stating that certain instructional practices may be one reason for decreasing shorthand enrollments, the author suggests that shorthand teachers examine their classroom techniques in order to improve student learning. Some specific steps in scheduling dictation and transcription are given. (MF)

The author presents guidelines for teaching secondary school students how to write better business letters, including basic skills, styles and formats of letters, and current trends in business correspondence. (MF)

The article describes a ten-day simulation project in the correspondence unit of business communications. The students learn to recognize that the previous weeks of letter writing and punctuation practice are required duties in their future careers. At the end of the project the students are shown how they were rated on daily activities in their…