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Kingston, Sally – Buck Institute for Education, 2018
The driving question for this brief is based on the most common question that teachers, principals, school leaders, coaches, and grant writers ask the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) about Project Based Learning (PBL): What evidence exists that shows the impact of Project Based Learning on student learning in core content areas? Research shows…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Academic Achievement, Evidence
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Garvis, Susanne; Pendergast, Donna – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2010
This paper examines and reports on beginning generalist teacher self-efficacy, which Bandura (1997) suggests plays an important part in student outcomes. In 2008, 201 beginning generalist teachers throughout the state of Queensland, Australia, participated in a study that aimed to provide a snapshot of current perceptions towards support in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Art Education
Alberta Education, 2009
This report presents the outcomes of the analysis of Grade Level of Achievement (GLA) data at the provincial level to inform the program planning and evaluation needs of Alberta Education as well as school and central office based administrators. GLA data reported to Alberta Education is a teacher's judgment of a student's academic progress. GLA…
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Hayes, David, Ed.; Sharkey, Judy, Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2008
At its core, a curriculum is what happens among learners and teachers in the classroom. TESOL's Language Curriculum Development Series describes how teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators have developed, adapted, or renewed a language curriculum. In doing so, they have responded creatively and realistically to learners' needs. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Needs
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1993
Produced as part of the implementation plan for "Answering the Challenge: Strategies for Success in Manitoba High Schools," this support document provides information for implementing Senior 1 and Senior 2 English Language Arts. Sections of the document provide information related to: curriculum; differentiating teaching and learning;…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Online Submission, 2004
This document provides a new perspective on teaching English language arts in a francophone school, a perspective that takes into account the aspirations of the francophone community within the following contexts: the federal and provincial legal provisions governing French first-language education in Alberta, the linguistic reality of Alberta's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, English Instruction, Language Arts
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1988
This booklet provides Grade 6 teachers, administrators, and students with samples of students' writing that exemplify the criteria used to score students' written responses on the June 1988 Grade 6 English Language Arts Achievement Test. The writing assignment required students to read the beginning of a story and use their imaginations to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 2000
The program of studies for English Language Arts Kindergarten to Grade 9 is approved for implementation in Alberta, Canada, in September 2000. The prescribed general outcomes and specific outcomes from the program of studies are included in this illustrative examples document. The illustrative examples are not prescribed, but they support the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, English Instruction
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Learning Resources Branch. – 1991
This book is designed to help teachers, teacher-librarians, administrators, and district staff create a literature program that integrates literature within the context of resource-based learning. The book is organized into three sections. Part 1: "Critical Components of Learning through Literature" discusses in detail how each of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
BCATA Journal for Art Teachers, 1991
These articles focus on art as a component of interdisciplinary integration. (1) "Integrated Curriculum and the Visual Arts" (Anna Kindler) considers various aspects of integration and implications for art education. (2) "Integration: The New Literacy" (Tim Varro) illustrates how the use of technology can facilitate…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
Part of the Alberta (Canada) Education's "Program of Studies for Elementary Schools, 1978" (amended 1981), this publication presents the curriculum specifications for the grade six language arts achievement test. These curriculum specifications integrate a taxonomy of levels of thinking skills with a set of five communications…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Critical Thinking
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
Part 2 of the Alberta (Canada) Education's "Program of Studies for Elementary Schools 1978" (amended 1981), this bulletin describes the planned design, parts, and scoring of the grade six English language arts achievement test to be written in June 1988, and based on curriculum specifications for an integration of thinking and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1991
The guide is intended for use by Alberta's (Canada) local school authorities developing a language arts program in a language other than English or French. In these partial immersion programs, instruction is provided in a language other than English or French for 25-50% of the school day. The first section describes the development of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education Programs, Class Activities
Sassani, Abul H. K. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
The Office of Education has undertaken the preparation of a series of basic studies on education in a number of countries in Europe and Central and South America. This series of studies was made a part of a program to promote understanding of education conditions in those areas and also to furnish the American college registrars with data on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, World History