DRIVER EDUCATION

2008-09

 

Content Outline:

1.     Virginia driver responsibilities:  Licensing responsibilities

2.     Preparing to operate a vehicle

3.     Basic maneuvering tasks:  Low risk environments

4.     Basic maneuvering tasks: Moderate risk environments

5.     Information processing:  Moderate risk environments

6.     Information processing:  Complex risk environments

7.     Driving performance:  Personal factors

8.     Driver responsibilities:  Adverse conditions

9.     Virginia driver responsibilities: Vehicle functions

10. Virginia driver responsibilities: Making informed choices

 

Textbooks:  Responsible Driving.  Glencoe/McGraw Hill.  Copyright 2006

                    by AAA

                    Virginia DMV driving manual

 

Grading:     Tests =        50%

                   Quizzes =    20%

                   Notebook = 15%

                   Projects =    15%

          *Quizzes may be unannounced*

 

Notebook requirements:

a.      1st page is the course syllabus

b.     Chapters as assigned – notes from power points and lectures as well as assigned questions from the book

c.     Each assignment must be labeled at the top with the date, chapter and page #’s

d.     Worksheets- dated and placed with the appropriate chapter

e.      Tests and quizzes placed with the appropriate chapter

 

*Notebooks will be checked at the end of each quarter*

 

All make-up work is your responsibility.  Find out what you missed and arrange a time to make it up.