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Ashmore, M. Catherine; Pritz, Sandra G. – 1983
This lesson on managing customer credit and collections, the 17th in a series of 18 units, is part of the first level of a comprehensive entrepreneurship curriculum entitled: A Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship (PACE). (Designed for use with secondary students, the first level of PACE introduces students to the concepts involved…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Education, Business Skills
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC. – 1978
The five sections of this consumer handbook are The Cost of Credit, Applying for Credit, Credit Histories and Records, Correcting Credit Mistakes, and Complaining about Credit. Each section discusses relevant legislation: Truth in Lending, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Topics discussed in section I include…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Credit Cards
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1979
This unit, one of a series of six Project SCAT (Skills for Consumer Applied Today) units, is designed to help senior high school students develop consumer education skills. For a description of the specific objectives and format of the units, see SO 013 467. This document provides teaching methods, learning activities, and student booklet for a…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Credit Cards, Credit (Finance), Economics Education
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Yarema, Connie H.; Sampson, John H. – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Describes a credit-card-debt activity that allows students to increase their awareness of underlying mathematical concepts relevant to the world of commerce and personal finance through learning geometric and arithmetic sequences. (KHR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Economics
Jensen, Barbara J.; And Others – 1986
This instructional guide adds two new sections to the original guide published in May 1982. The guide was designed to assist educators in teaching the topics of consumer credit and consumer credit protection to secondary and postsecondary students in various economics and business courses, as well as in adult and community education courses. The…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Credit Cards
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Potthoff, Jan-Olivia – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1979
Three techniques--the daily report card, contract card, and grade point credit--are described for modifying the tardiness of learning disabled secondary students. (CL)
Descriptors: Attendance, Behavior Change, Discipline, Learning Disabilities
Bernstein, Allison; Baule, Steve; Farmer, Lesley S. J.; Anderson, Cyndee; Barringer, Crystal; Buchanan, Peggy; Fullner, Sheryl Kindle; Knop, Kathi; Larson, Chris – Book Report, 2002
Includes eight articles that address issues related to budgeting and finances in secondary school libraries. Topics include limited budgets; budget proposals; administering grants; writing grants; using Microsoft's Excel software for budgeting; using credit cards for library purchases; offering prizes for donating books; and offering coffee and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Grants, Library Administration
Maxey, Phyllis F.; And Others – 1983
One of a series of units on business issues designed for secondary school students, this packet examines the responsibilities of the lender and consumer in the credit business. Teacher and student materials are provided in separate sections. The teacher's guide presents five detailed lesson plans, each focusing on a credit case study; discussion…
Descriptors: Business, Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Consumer Education
Wyoming Univ., Laramie. Coll. of Education. – 1991
This manual contains 75 strategies or classroom activities for teaching basic business education. All activities can be adapted for special needs students. The activities were prepared by 19 business education teachers during a 3-weekend continuing education course for business education teachers at the University of Wyoming. Examples of…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Competence, Competency Based Education
Shackell, Wallace K., Jr. – 1974
Designed as a secondary level consumer education text dealing with how to use your money wisely, this booklet makes use of stories, skits, and cartoon drawings to dramatize the everyday life of a consumer. It tells how to buy cars, how to use credit (charge accounts, credit cards, life insurance, credit unions, passbook savings, commercial banks,…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Credit (Finance), Curriculum, Curriculum Guides
Household International, Prospect Heights, IL. Money Management Inst. – 1990
This booklet provides guidance for students and families who seek help in meeting college costs. It begins with guidelines for developing a funding strategy, with tips on how to calculate amount needed and planner's net worth and including sample budget forms and balance sheets. This section is followed by descriptions of the investments…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, Consumer Education, Credit (Finance)
Gaus, Charles, Ed. – 1985
Serving as a course planning guide and field aide, this handbook describes the philosophy, policies, and procedures of the De La Salle Vocational off-campus community-based day treatment center designed to effect the reshaping of basic values and attitudes of youngsters who are identified by the courts as maladjusted. Separate sections explain the…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Day Programs, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Educational Methods
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1997
This text teaches students about money management and is designed to help the student as he or she tries to live within limits and decide important financial questions. Students are instructed about: getting control of your money; tracking your spending; figuring your income and expenses; making your spending plan balance; making money decisions;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Banking, Budgeting, Consumer Education
Judd, Eunice; And Others – 1970
The resource unit was prepared to provide examples of business education activities that emphasize economic concepts concerning consumer credit and to supply information pertaining to the Oklahoma Uniform Consumer Credit Code. It is suggested for use in the following courses: general business, business law, business economics, bookkeeping,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Studies, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Clanton, Brandolyn; And Others – 1984
Intended for teachers of secondary school students, five lessons on consumer credit are presented. In the first lesson students identify and evaluate sources of credit, compare some of the costs and benefits of credit, and learn to apply criteria used in evaluating applications for credit. In the second lesson, students learn about two basic types…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Credit Cards