ERIC Number: ED035753
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1969
Pages: 650
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Special Concretes and Field Problems; Instructor's Guide; Pilot Program Edition.
Portland Cement Association, Cleveland, OH.
This guide, prepared for a 2-year program in junior colleges and technical institutes, is designed for a national program to train persons for employment as technicians in the cement and concrete industries. Included are 48 session oultines divided into four units of study. Each unit contains session objectives and outlines, presentation outlines, related information, and illustrations. Unit 16 contains Introduction, The Lightweight Concrete Spectrum, Insulating Concretes, Structural Lightweight Concrete, Heavyweight Concrete, and Decorative Concrete. Unit 17 contains Non-Plastic Mixes, Concrete Masonry-Manufacture, Concrete Masonry-Construction and Mortars, Review and Midterm Exam (not supplied), Concrete Pipe-Manufacture, and Concrete Pipe-Construction. Unit 18 contains Analyzing Concrete Field Problems. Unit 19 contains Legal Aspects of Concrete Construction, and Review and Final Exam (not supplied). A glossary is appended. This guide and related materials (VT 010 139-VT 010 141 and VT 010 150-VT 010 151) are currently being field tested prior to revision and should be available in revised form by late 1972. (GR)
Descriptors: Cement Industry, Educational Programs, Instructional Materials, Pilot Projects, Postsecondary Education, Teaching Guides, Technical Education, Trade and Industrial Education
Portland Cement Association, 601 Rockwell Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Bureau of Research.
Authoring Institution: Portland Cement Association, Cleveland, OH.
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