Consumer Education is a mini-course designed for all seniors in high school. It was developed on the premise that a student needs to evolve his own value system, develop a sound decision-makingprocedure based upon his values, evaluate alternatives in the marketplace and get the best buys for his money, understand his rights and responsibilities as…

This workbook and study guide for a money management curriculum in consumer education was written to accompany the textbook "The Consumer and His Dollars" and a teacher's guide, both announced in this issue as VT 017 179 and VT 017 177. Included are 16 chapters, each containing worksheets perforated for easy removal. Chapter highlights,…

Reports responses of ninety high school graduates to a "consumer competencies" questionnaire developed for a doctoral dissertation. Findings may provide some evidence that consumer education in home economics courses can help young adults to be more intelligent consumers and may also provide a basis for planning consumer education programs. (MF)

The article cites data collection instruments and summarizes findings reported by IBEX, Inc., a firm under contract with Illinois' Office of Education, vocational division, to evaluate secondary consumer and homemaking education programs in Illinois in 1975. Found to be generally successful, each program's strengths, weaknesses, and most effective…

A secondary home economics teacher in a 30-school educational experiment, in which students spend only one-quarter of their school week in regular group meetings, offers suggestions for effective teaching in an individualized, experience-based program and provides two sample instructional units which integrate consumer concepts with homemaking…

This book uses human interest stories to explain perplexing behavior from an economic perspective throughout U.S. history. The set of 15 lessons include: (1) "Indentured Servitude: Why Sell Yourself into Bondage?"; (2) "Do the Right Thing: Free the Slaves, Avoid the War"; (3) "Why Would You Raise Chickens When You Don't Like Eggs? -or- Why Did…

A consumer education course, offered to ninth-graders in a predominantly Mexican American community, is briefly described. (RM)

Potential instructional uses of the computer for expanding middle school mathematics programs are described. Content areas which are represented include geometry, number theory, computation, consumer education, and probability. (Author/JN)

Suggested activities for students include (1) analyzing their current financial position, (2) setting their financial priorities, (3) determining their net worth, (4) determining their income and expense, and (5) setting up a recordkeeping system. (HD)

After a brief comment on consumer education as mandated by the State of Illinois, and the resulting teaching strategies, an inservice program for Chicago teachers is described which focuses on people-to-people communications between school teachers and influential leaders in the areas of business, labor, and government. (SH)

Provides highlights of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Includes information about basic state grants, tech prep, supplementary grants, consumer education, career guidance, community-based organizations, bilingual vocational education, and other programs. (JOW)

A constant time delay procedure was used to teach four adolescents with moderate mental retardation to select lower priced grocery items using an adaptive number line. Students reached criterion, maintained the skill up to 14 weeks after training, and generalized the skill from the classroom to a community grocery store. (Author/DB)

A mathematical model or project analysis that calculates the financial return from home ownership is described. This analysis illustrates topics such as compound interest, annuities, amortization schedules, internal rate of return, and other elements of school and college mathematics up through numerical analysis. (KR)

This 4-H manual provides instructions and materials for a consumer education activity. It contains a wide range of activities and learning opportunities for a hypothetical buying situation with several choices or alternatives provided. The manual is designed to teach the participant how to rank the choices and develop oral reasons for that…