Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University / Purpose of the workbook: It is the purpose of this workbook to present a series of special activity gtion sheets to be used a.s teaching devices and resource material in basic shop mechanics. These activity guides or instruction sheets have been devised for the use of pupil and teacher in classes for the mentally retarded ( cominonly called special classes). Scone of the workbook material: The activity guides herein presented have been developed and graded for 14 to 16 year old boys to whom the special class is a terminal room. The sheets are to be used in the industrial arts program, either in the section of the special class room used. for this purpose and taught by the special class teacher, or in the regular shop classes in unit shops and general industrial arts shops.

Many of the more than one million people infected with the HIV virus in the United States continue to work after a positive test for the antibody to the virus that causes AIDS. As the numbers of HIV infected people grow in this country, more and more employers, co-workers, counselors, friends or family, will have to deal with the compound issues of HIV infection and work. Therefore, knowing and understanding the issues of concern to HIV infected individuals while they continue to work will become increasingly important. To gather this information, a series of Focus Groups were conducted. From the tapes and transcriptions of the groups, discussion items were identified and clustered for each group. They were then analyzed for: convergence across groups; areas of common concern; and inferences into attitudes held by those who are HIV infected. Because the disease is relatively new and because very little data exists about the impact it is having on those who are working and infected, this research project was an exploratory one. It attempted to gain insight into how people are coping with these two issues while learning more about them. Because of the lack of current information on this topic, the groups were facilitated with low structure to generate as many ideas as possible from the participants. The purpose of the research was to supplement existing information about the impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace. This study changed the prevailing focus of existing research/writing and brought it to those individuals who are both dealing with the disease as a personal reality and continuing to work. In gathering this data, another goal was to provide information that will help make the work-life, and thus the overall quality of life, better for those who are HIV infected.

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The dissertation is based on the exploration of resources and materials for the instruction of low achieving mathematics students in an urban school district of Western Massachusetts. Mathematics is one of the four most important subjects in the educational curriculum at the junior high school level. Due to the educational revolution of the 1950s and 1960s, new and better mathematics are being taught in the schools of today. However, only the more able students have been able to glean from the curriculum. The low achiever in mathematics finds little that meets his or her needs. Due to repeated failure in the attempt to learn mathematics, the low achiever formulates a low self-esteem and experiences a psychological dropout. The purpose of this research study was to explore methods and materials with the hope of finding resources and materials to teach mathematics to low achieving mathematics students. The researcher contends that if low achieving mathematics students were taught mathematics by using concrete objects and manipulative devices, instead of conventional textbook and lecture methods, low achievers tend to learn faster, retain more, and achieve higher as a result. To test this theory, the researcher taught a small group of low achievers in mathematics for six weeks using concrete objects and manipulative devices to teach and demonstrate various mathematical concepts. He also had the students use calculators as computational aids. He found that the students demonstrated greater interest in mathematics, increased attention span, and better performance. A teachers' handbook was developed.

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