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Instructor Resources


I developed this material for use in my Automotive Electrical Class because none of the prepackaged curriculum material suited my needs or teaching style.  All of the commercially available products tell you what to teach, not how to teach it or how to evaluate what students have learned and what skills they have mastered.  All of the links below will take you to documents that will help your students learn or help you evaluate their progress.  Coming soon will be links for your "paper bailing" responsibilities.  Those are things public schools require that have little to do with being a better instructor or building a better program.  I spent nine years developing and refining these documents, and now you might benefit from my hard work.

Also coming in the near future will be an entirely separate instruction manual on how to build "bugged cars" for your students' troubleshooting exercises.  Click the link to see how I did it and why they are valuable to your students' success.

Building Your Program
Automotive Electrical Program Details
Why This is Valuable
Department Policy
Student Rule Agreement
Student Information Cards
Syllabus
Reading Assignments and Study Questions
Class Discussion
Notes Pages
Worksheets
Written Reports
Bugged Cars
Evaluating Student Learning
Grading Policy
Progress Chart
Final Exam and Quizzes
Build This Sample Bug
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