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A syllabus is provided of the second and third courses of the Computer Assisted Remedial Education (CARE) sequence. CARE 2/3 is a college-level, combination offering for education majors which deals with diagnostic teaching at the preschool and primary levels. The objectives of the course are to enable educators to identify the characteristics of children which require special teaching procedures and to specify relevant educational objectives, techniques, strategies, materials, evaluation methods, and resources for these students. Major sections of the course cover: 1) child development; 2) identifying relevant characteristics of children; 3) goals and objectives; 4) instructional procedures; 5) the selection and retrieval of instructional procedures and materials; 6) the application of the diagnostic teaching model; 7) resources; and 8) day care. CARE 2/3 is taught via computer-assisted instruction and uses a variety of materials drawn from various sources and reproduced for use in the course. (PB)