Discusses advantages of the circular classroom in relation to the business education program. (JS)

The feedback from former students, the enthusiasm of the present students, and the favorable administrative atmosphere make mobile office education a program which will definitely expand in the future. (Author)

Provides evidence that points unequivocally to the need for a sharp reversal in the distribution of attention to stroking and production skills among typing trainees, for replacing the incorrect supposition about the underpinnings of stroking accuracy by the correct one, and for a far swifter move toward realistic production typing conditions.…

Describes a procedure in which students maintain daily records of the number of minutes available for typing per class and the number of usable lines of copy typed in that time. The method allows students to evaluate their own production work realistically. (SK)

Discusses how to help students set long- and short-term goals and lists techniques for managing time in order to accomplish these goals. (SK)

Asserts that reading instruction to prepare students for occupational or societal settings must be grounded in a realistic view of the nature and function of the reading activities that are indigenous to those contexts. (AEA)

Concentrates on effective procedures for teaching typewritten transcription. Discusses teaching typewritten transcription early; teaching transcription rather than monitoring transcription; teaching punctuation and spelling; and teaching transcription of mailable letters. (CT)

Describes a method of incorporating word processing concepts and skills into existing business courses, focusing on form letter processing. (SK)

Discusses ways to teach word processing without equipment expenditures. These include development of basic secretarial skills, machine transcription skills, and supervisory skills; and use of model office simulations. (SK)

Stresses the importance of filing and records management and indicates that the teacher must set the attitude for the class. It is vital to keep up to date with office practice changes, particularly computer records, data transmission, and miniaturized records. (JOW)

Production keyboarding is the process of completing a series of keyboarding and nonkeyboarding activities to produce final copy. It is an essential element in the training of business and office education students. This article provides a model in the form of a production process technique sheet. (JOW)

An outline for a beginning typing course which covers introduction to the keyboard and basic typing techniques is presented. Fifty lessons are organized into two levels. General course objectives and student performance objectives are given. Level one (lessons 1-26) emphasizes keyboard learning, technique development, speed building, and control…

An outline for an advanced typing course which emphasizes the development of production typing skills in a variety of business situations is presented. General course objectives and student performance objectives are given. Fifty lessons are organized into levels five and six. (Levels one through four comprise the Typing I and Typing II courses.)…