Presents the personal experience of 24 students who took part in the TOPS Clerical Training Course with regard to the course as a whole and of various aspects, such as the curriculum, methods of teaching, and relationships. (CT)

Describes a teamwork approach in which business communications students handwrite letters to be prepared by typewriting students; the letters are then revised and graded by the respective teachers. Both sets of students benefit from this simulated office experience. (SK)

North Dakota Occupational Models have been developed from the practices of actual offices and businesses in the State, duplicating real jobs and work materials and complete with pressure and decision-making activities, to provide realistic work experiences for secondary students who have completed the basic skills courses in office education. A…

Twenty-four sets of specially prepared teaching materials were used to determine the effects of immediate versus delayed knowledge of results on initial learning and retention of selected related learnings in transcription classes. Initial learning was measured by scores on quizzes given immediately after the administration of each set of teaching…

The simulated model office idea is to create, within a school, a unit which is as much like a real-life business as possible. To test the feasibility of incorporating this concept into high school business programs, a comparison was made between an experimental group of office simulation students and a control group of cooperative office practice…

In the office machines class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha students learn how to operate a new machine each week according to a rotation plan illustrated and described in the article. Because of the rotation system, classwork is mostly individualized. Course objectives, instructional procedures, and a breakdown of duration and grade value…

Sample plans for vocational office education programs are given. (MU)

This feature section of the Forum includes short articles on various aspects of the business education program. (JS)

In developing this research section emphasis was given to the area of shorthand instruction because of the number and variety of shorthand research studies that have been completed recently. (Editor)

More demanding than assigning chapters, perhaps, but it should appeal to the ingenuity of teacher-coordinators in cooperative office education. (Editor)

The "office of the future" is creating new competency requirements and changing existing requirements for office occupations program graduates. Central to this evolution are the new uses for electronic processing equipment. These changes provide an excellent opportunity for new business education methods. (JOW)

Notes that authenticity can be added to student work projects in an office practice class by having the teacher assume the role of the office manager or supervisor and putting office management techniques into practice. Ways in which such techniques may be infused into classes are examined. (TA)