8 Session Course Instructor Guide
In preparation for the 1st two sessions
1) Print and pass out the 8 sessioncourse STUDENT guide for each student.
2) Print and pass out: Session 1-2Lesson Review Questions(see #1 below)
First 2 ½hour session: (see the Drivers Edge Curriculumguide for more detail on each lesson)
1) Pass out to each student the Word Document: Session 1-2 Lesson Review Questions.
This is found in yellow folder: #3) Student Review Sheets and Quizzes and Final Test.
Click open folder, then open Session 1-2 Lesson ReviewQuestions.These review questions
will cover the PowerPoint lessons for the first 2 sessions….which is classroom lessons 1-4.
(Your students will download and print off the rest of the course review sheets and other
documents needed from the website)
2) Pass these out and give an explanation that these questions will be answered at the
end of each lesson. They’ll need to be studied in preparation for a 30 question quiz
at the beginning of Session 3
3) Teach Lesson1: Rules of Road – part 1. After a short break, teachRules of Road - part 2.
4) Print out for each student a copy of the Word Document: Independent Learning Research
Projects.This is found in the yellow folder #6: Experiential Learning Research Projects.
Briefly go over the projects in class. Whenever you decide, students will inform you of their
choice. Explain that the project is due at the beginning of Session 7 or Session 8 (whatever
works better for your schedule) and that they will be required to give a written summation
of their research project as part of the final exam.
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Second 2 ½ hour session
1) If you have an Internet connection in your classroom go to:
Show themthe site. Read intro paragraph and scroll down
noticing the various PowerPoint lessons and corresponding Word Document lesson review
questions. Click open the file:
Home link Lesson 1 – Review Questions. Scroll down so they can see the sample questions.
Explain to them that when they go to this site at home that they willprint out these
questions and answer them as they go through the first Home link PowerPoint lesson of the
same title. They should look for the answers as they go through the lesson. Now, open the
first Home link lesson: Home link Lesson 1 – Traffic Laws and Regulations and go through
a few slides to give them the idea. TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE PRESENTATION – CLICK the
CURSOR ON THE ACTUAL SLIDE. After a few slides, use the back button to return to the
home page.
(if you as an instructor, do not have Internet access in your classroom, the Student
Instruction Guidewill go through all these things…they can do it at home).
2) Besides the Traffic Laws and Regulations lesson,they must also complete the additional
home link lessons: Basic Vehicle Components, and Forces of Nature on Vehicle. Tell them
all homework assignment sheets must be filled out and brought to class on session 3.
They will be quizzed in session 3 concerning what they studied in session 1 and 2 and the
home link lessons.
3) Teach classroom Lesson 3: Vehicle Handling – part 1 (short break)
4) Teach classroom Lesson 4: Vehicle Handling – part 2
5) Remind them about the Home link lessons they must have completed by next classroom.
------end of SESSIONS 1- 2 ------
In preparation for the 3 Session:
Your students should already have: Classroom Session 3-4 Lesson Review Questions (if you instructed your students to download them and print them off the website themselves…(but it’s good to have some extras on hand if some did not)
Session 3: 2 ½ hour session:
1) Students should have completed the 3 home link lessons from Sessions 1-2. Collect papers and check them over during the break and return them as soon as possible, as they will need them back to study for future testing.
2) Give Sessions 1-2 Lesson QUIZ. (it covers Sessions 1-2 lessons and Home link lessons). Students number a blank sheet of paper from 1-30. After administering the quiz, students exchange papers, correct the answers, then, list the point total of correct answers at the top of the page. Collect papers and record one point for each correct answer. With a perfect quiz score a student can maximize 30 points.
3) Teach the PowerPoint lesson: Lesson 5: Vehicle Handling – part 3 (after a short break)
4) Teach the PowerPoint lesson: Lesson 6: Vehicle Handling – part 4
5) Explain the Driving With Parent Survey Formassignment (You should print up one copy)
and instruct them to download their copy off the website. Due: Session 6
Session4: 2 ½ hour session
1) Teach the PowerPoint lesson: Lesson 7: Vehicle Handling – part 5 (after short break)
2) Teach the PowerPoint lesson: Lesson 8: Vehicle Handling – part 6
3) Assign Home Mentored Rules of the Road review exercise with parents (parent signs sheet)
4) Remind students to complete the next assigned 2 Independent Home Link Learning hours and
complete the corresponding lesson review sheets which will be due for the next class.
------end of SESSION 3 - 4 ------
In preparation for the Fifth Session:
Students should Sessions 5-6 Lesson Review Questions
(it’s good to have some extras on hand if some did not)
Session 5 - 2 ½ hour session:
1) Students should have completed the home link lessons from Sessions 3-4. Collect papers and check them over during the break and return them as soon as possible, as they will need them back to study for future testing.
2) Give Session 3-4 Lesson QUIZ. (it covers Session 3-4 lessons and Home link lessons). Students number a blank sheet of paper from 1-30. After administering the quiz, students exchange papers, correct the answers, then list the point total of correct answers at the top of the page. Collect papers and record one point for each correct answer. With a perfect quiz score a student can maximize 30 points.
3) Teach the PowerPoint lessons: Classroom Lesson 9 – Attention – part 1
Classroom Lesson 10 – Attention – part 2
Session 6 - 2 ½ hour session:
1) Teach the PowerPoint lesson: Classroom Lesson 11 – Attention – part 3
2) Lesson 12: Rules of Road PowerPoint TEST(students use own paper) exchange correct test in class.
3) Traffic Survey – small group discussion findings (groups of 3-4)
4) Remind students to complete the last assigned Home Link 6 and complete the corresponding lesson review sheet which will be due for the next class.
------end of SESSION 5 - 6 ------
Session 7 - 2 ½ hour session:
1) Collect completedhome link lesson review sheets from Sessions 5-6.
Collect Experiential Research Project.
2) Give Sessions 5-6 Lesson QUIZ. (it covers Sessions 5-6 lessons and Home link lessons). Students number a blank sheet of paper from 1-30. After administering the quiz, students exchange papers, correct the answers, then, list the point total of correct answers at the top of the page. Collect papers and record one point for each correct answer. With a perfect quiz score, a student can maximize 30 points
.
3) Teach the PowerPoint lesson: Classroom Lesson 13 – Perception / Risk Management
4) Lesson 14 – VEHICLE HANDLING TEST (students use own paper; 75 questions)
(exchange papers and correct)
Session 8 - 2 ½ hour session:
1) Lesson 15: Play the 3 Driver Ed.review games (divide class into 2 teams)
2) Lesson 16: Responsible Driver TEST (100 questions) exchange papers and correct in class.
This test must be printed out by instructor and given to each student to work on.
Students will use their own notebook paper to record answers. (save test for future classes)
3) Summation “test”on Experiential learning project. Course Evaluation
8 - 2 ½ hr. Sessions– Course Overview forCanadian Drivers Edgesession / Classroom Instruction / In-Vehicle Hours to be completed over extended time period / Independent Home link
Lessons found at:
1 / 2½ hours
lesson 1:Rules of Road – part 1
lesson 2: Rules of Road – part 2
Assign 3 hour Experiential learning research projects / 1 Orientation
Residential
driving # 1 / 1 Traffic Laws & Regulations
Licensing and registration
and Insurance
1 Basic Vehicle Components
2 / 2½ lesson 3: Vehicle Handlingpart 1
lesson 4: Vehicle Handling part 2 / 1
Residential
driving # 2 / 1 Forces of Nature
on Vehicle
1 4 lane
driving lesson
3 / Quiz # 1 on previous lessons & Home Link lessons
lesson 5: Vehicle Handling part 3
lesson 6: Vehicle Handling part 4
2 ½
Student Traffic Survey assignment explained / 1 City &
Parking
lesson #1 / 1 Driver Behaviour
Controlling Emotions
4 / 2 ½
lesson 7:Vehicle Handling part 5
lesson 8: Vehicle Handling part 6
- assign home mentored Rules of Road with parents / 1 City &
Parking
Lesson #2 / 1 Respect / Responsibility in
Emergency Situations
Leadership situations
5 / Quiz # 2 on previous lessons & Home Link lessons
2 ½ lesson 9: Attention – part 1
lesson 10: Attention – part 2 / 1 2 lane
driving
lesson / 1 Respect / Responsibility for
the Environment
Sharing the Road
6 / lesson11: Attention – part 3
2 ½ lesson 12 RULES OF ROAD TEST
(and correct in class)
Traffic survey small group discussion findings / 1 Freeway
driving
lesson
1 Teacher’s
choice lesson
7 / Quiz # 3 on previous lessons & Home Link lessons
2 ½ lesson 13:Perception / RiskMan.
lesson 14:VEHICLE HANDLING TEST
(and correct in class) / 1 review
test
lesson / 3 Collect Experiential
research project
8 / 2 ½lesson 15: Review games for test
lesson 16:RESPONSIBLE DRIVER TEST
100 questions & correct in class
“ Test” on Experiential research project
Student Evaluation of Course / 1 Final test / 1 Student Survey
20 hours / 10 / 10 (6 hours Home link; 2 hour
Experiential project; 1 hour survey)