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The purpose of this project was to develop and test a series of programed mathematics textbooks for students who plan to enter clerical, retailing, construction, electronics, food service, child care, or agricultural occupations. Behavioral objectives were derived from an earlier analysis of tasks in these occupational clusters. From these, three mathematicians with aid from workers, supervisors, vocational teachers, and mathematics teachers, identified 21 specific mathematics competencies and constructed a sequential content structure. The structure's major elements were (1) Symbols, (2) Representing Numbers by Letters, (3) Reduction of Fractions, (4) Ratios and Fractions, (5) Addition of Fractions, (6) Subtraction of Fractions, (7) Multiplication of Fractions, (8) Division of Fractions, (9) Concepts of Decimals and Fractions, (10) Addition and Subtraction of Decimals, (11) Multiplication of Decimals, (12) Division of Decimals, (13) Conversion of Fractions into Decimals, (14) Equivalent Forms of A=BC, (15) Solutions of A=BC, (16) Percentage, (17) Commutative Law, (18) Reciprocals, (19) Scientific Notation, (20) Proportions, and (21) Concepts of Number Bases. The 27 programed texts which cover this content are available as VT 006 883-VT 006 909, and VT 006 975. (EM)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert