The relationship between life-skills development and post-high school career plans was examined. Adolescents selecting to go to four-year colleges/universities, two-year colleges, and technical/trade schools differed in terms of life-skills dimensions. Implications for mental-health counselors working with clients in the area of career choice are…

The 18 tests cited in this bibliography cover all age levels, although many are geared toward the secondary education level. The content of the tests focuses on the skills that individuals should possess in order to be effective consumers of goods and services. This document is one in a series of topical bibliographies from the Test Collection…

A rationale and suggested approach for providing prevocational skill development to handicapped students are described. A comprehensive approach should include instruction in academic skills related to vocational training, instruction in daily living skills, guidance in personal and social adjustment skills, vocational assessment, and experiences…

This guide presents a set of instructional materials that facilitate process learning of second languages. The guide consists of introductory information, and a series of situations to be used as classroom language use exercises. These situations allow the student to use the language being studied while learning it. The situation topics include…

A full-year's applied mathematics curriculum has been constructed around typical situations students may encounter. The curriculum is divided into seven units, two of which are used at various times throughout the year. The units focus on various mathematical aspects related to: (1) money management; (2) shopping; (3) furnishing a room; (4)…

A study was conducted in Minnesota to identify generic knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) that are germane to all of the fields of vocational education--that all students will need for future roles in the family and work force. The research consisted of a review of the literature pertaining to generic skills needed for work and a validation…

Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska, developed a series of minimum competencies in seven areas as standards for their graduates. One of the seven areas, consumerism, covers money management, credit, insurance, taxes, buying decisions, and consumer protection. (BM)

The effectiveness of a five-second time-delay procedure to teach three chained food preparation behaviors to four moderately retarded adolescents was evaluated within a multiple probe design across behaviors. The skills maintained over a three-month period and generalized from school to home for subjects completing the generalization probe…

The paper details teaching methods that have proved successful in teaching money management skills to secondary special education students (e.g., use of real money, organization of money before counting, transitions when counting different bill denominations, instruction in various bill combinations, sequence of introducing coin combinations, and…

Recounts experiences studying Eliot's novel at an NEH summer seminar. (NKA)

Reviews the Test of Practical Knowledge, a multiple choice test of "functional competency," noting that the test's task requirements are confounded by such factors as intelligence, achievement, social knowledge, and reading ability. (HOD)

An independent living curriculum builds skills in home management, money handling, on-and off-campus living, public transportation, and employment in secondary students at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. (CL)

A Life-Planning Program addresses the transitional needs of secondary-aged learning disabled students via a process of problem solving, goal settings, and goal implementation. Among seven guiding principles of the program is that life planning is taught as a cognitive process, the program is student managed, and instruction is limited to short…

Tests for Everyday Living (TEL) is a series of tests which assess adolescents' knowledge and performance in daily living and prevocational skill areas. Tests include a practical reading scale. Content of TEL and psychometric characteristics determined during standardization provide evidence for utility and validity of the battery. (Author)

This study investigated the effectiveness of a multimedia program to teach three adolescent students with moderate intellectual disabilities to make purchases using a debit card and an automated payment machine (APM). Results indicated that the program was effective in teaching generalized operation of APMs with a debit card. (Contains…