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This set of seven instructional units on the metric system application in business and office occupations is one of three metric education modules designed for use with bilingual (Spanish and English) students in postsecondary and adult vocational programs. (Both the Spanish and English versions of this set are provided in the document.) Each unit focuses on one of seven occupational fields: mail clerk, proofreader, clerk-typist, secretary, bookkeeper, office manager, and word processor. Contained in each unit is a statement of objectives, suggested activities for instructor and student, information sheets, assignment and job sheets, transparency masters, and a unit test with answer key. The appendices contain a matrix of common metric multiples and submultiples, a list of common terms and definitions, and brief descriptions of the seven occupational areas. (The first section of this document, entitled "Metric Systems of Weights and Measures," is available as CE 022 166. It contains five core units on the metric system and is designed to be used as the first section of each set of instructional units.) (JH)

This set of six instructional units on applying the metric system in trade and industrial education is one of three metric education modules designed for use with bilingual (Spanish and English) students in postsecondary and adult vocational programs. (Both the Spanish and English versions of this set are provided in the document.) Each unit focuses on one of six occupational fields: draftsman, machinist, welder, automotive tune-up mechanic, electrician, and electronics service technician. Contained in each unit is a statement of objectives, suggested activities for instructor and student, information sheets, assignment and job sheets, transparency masters, and a unit test with answer key. The appendices contain a matrix of common metric multiples and submultiples, a list of common terms and definitions, and brief descriptions of the six occupational areas. (The first section of this document, entitled "Metric Systems of Weights and Measures," is available as CE 022 166. It contains five core units on the metric system and is designed to be used as the first section of each set of instructional units.) (JH)

Five instructional units on the metric system of weights and measures are provided in this document designed for use with bilingual (English and Spanish) students in postsecondary and adult vocational education programs. (This document, divided into Spanish and English versions, is designed to be used with three documents--CE 022 167, CE 022 168, and CE 022 169.) The unit titles are (1) measuring length and finding area, (2) measuring volume, (3) measuring time and finding speed and acceleration rates, (4) measuring mass and power, and (5) measuring temperature and energy. Each unit uses the common reference point approach to instruction and includes these elements: a statement of objectives, suggested activities for instructor and student, information sheets, assignment and job sheets, transparency masters, and a unit test with answer key. (JH)