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.

The purposes of this study are sixfold. They are as follows: 1. To study the various recommended courses of study for automobile mechanics and to ascertain the units of learning that are most commonly taught. 2. To obtain the various instructional aids that are available from the automotive industry to industrial arts teachers for use in teaching automobile mechanics at the secondary school level. 3. To develop suitable criteria for use in evaluating those instructional aids that are available. 4. To evaluate the instructional aids available in order to determine their probable effectiveness and practicability in teaching automobile mechanics. 5. To determine if there are instructional aids that can be developed and used by the instructor that are not available from commercial sources. 6. If there are instructional aids that can be developed but which are not available, one of the purposes of this study is to prepare plans and specifications for the construction of such aids.