ERIC Number: ED268331
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 129
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Using the Computer in Special Vocational Programs. Teacher's Guide.
Daniels, Dale; And Others
This guide is intended to assist vocational educators in providing computer-assisted basic skills instruction to students in special vocational education programs. Addressed in the individual units of the curriculum are the following topics: components and use of the TRS-80; self-assessment; reading (job clusters); language arts (business letters and applications for secretarial and teacher's aide positions); employability skills and the value of education; mathematical operations; money and work (business math, checking accounts and check registers, proper money management, personal budgets); reasons for drug use and the drug scene; resume writing; library skills; community service and jobs; computation of mathematical averages; fractions; problem-solving skills, and job responsibility and goal setting. Each of these units contains some or all of the following: behavioral objectives, a list of resources needed, student evaluation criteria, instructional text, one or more learning activities or quizzes, sample computer programs, and answers to the activities provided. The guide also includes a pretest, posttest, and list of references. (MN)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Drug Use, Employment Potential, Evaluation Criteria, Fractions, Job Application, Job Search Methods, Language Arts, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Library Skills, Mathematics Skills, Money Management, Pretests Posttests, Problem Solving, Reading Skills, Records (Forms), Resumes (Personal), Secondary Education, Special Education, Spelling, Student Evaluation, Teacher Developed Materials, Vocational Adjustment, Vocational Education, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Vocational Education.
Authoring Institution: Hardin County Board of Education, Elizabethtown, KY.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A