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This student guide is part of a protocol learning module designed to teach the concept and utilization of learner accountability in classroom management. The entire module consists of this guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains (a) instruction in the use of protocol modules, (b) a discussion of learner accountability and its use in improving classroom management, (c) lessons for recognition of examples of teacher use of learner accountability, and (d) practice exercises for applying learner accountability in teaching situations. The concept of learner accountability is based on the principle that when the teacher uses specific strategies to hold the student accountable for his work during class, they will increase student work involvement and reduce the frequency of disruptive behavior. Three techniques which will increase classroom management are: (a) goal-directed prompts--the teacher focuses on the student's goals by asking him about his work plans or work progress; (b) work showing--the teacher holds students accoutable for their work by having them show work or demonstrate skills or knowledge; and (c) peer involvement--the teacher involves students in the work of their peers by having them respond to another student's recitation or work activity. (HMD)

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