FLORIDA MODULES ON GENERIC TEACHING COMPETENCIES This module is one of a series prepared for teachers in Florida's schools. It is a packet of materials and procedures designed to help a teacher develop or improve some specific teaching skill or skills. This is a pilot study draft prepared for field testing in a number of Florida counties. Although the modules are directed specifically toward teachers of preadolescent children, most of them are appropriate for other teachers as well. All the modules use a common format which is based on the University of Houston approach to writing modules. The series includes a "Module on Modules" which will quickly acquaint the reader with this format and its activities. The Florida Modules were written under the supervision of the University of Florida, College of Education. They are part of a project concerned with competency-based education for middle school teachers. The Middle School Project is funded in part by the State of Florida, Department of Education. Address inquiries to: Dr. Gordon Lawrence Norman Hall University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32601 Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Floyd T. Christian, Commissioner C 1973 Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Funds for the Use and Benefit of the State of Florida -77-