Students who know how to collaborate successfully in the classroom will be better prepared for professional success in a world where we are expected to work well with others. Students learn collaboratively, and acquire the skills needed to organize and complete collaborative work, when they participate in thoughtfully-designed learning activities.…

The overarching purpose of this document is to define a new vision for mathematics instruction that explicitly attends to the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), addressing the interdependence of language and mathematics. The sections in this report are devoted to (1) making clear that the grade-level college- and career-readiness…

A researcher investigating first-grade reading instruction found that students and teachers viewed the purpose of seatwork very differently. Suggestions for making seatwork more meaningful are offered. (MT)

Intended to take the fear out of what looks like a daunting task--writing a life story--this guide helps individuals record the events of their lives for family and friends and adds to a collective history. The guide outlines a method of autobiographical writing that can be used by a class but also by an individual writing alone at home. It…

This document, ninth in a series of 11 subvolumes of a handbook prepared to providing training for educational research and development personnel, deals with the task of developing instructional materials. The document is organized according to the sequential steps involved in performing the task. Step 1, planning the size and order of learning…

This document, fourth in a series of 11 subvolumes of a handbook prepared to provide training for educational research and development personnel in the development of instructional materials, deals with the task of stating criterion and preparatory objectives. The document content is arranged according to the sequential steps involved in…

This document, sixth in a series of 11 subvolumes of a handbook prepared to provide training for educational research and development personnel in the development of instructional materials, deals with the task of developing diagnostic and evaluative tests. The document is organized according to the four sequential steps involved in performing the…

This document, one of five volumes comprising a training program in instructional materials development designed for educational research and development personnel, provides practice in all the major tasks involved in the program. These final exercises provide an opportunity to put together component activities and practice them in combination…

This document is the first in a series of 11 subvolumes of a handbook providing training for educational research and development personnel in the development of instructional materials. This subvolume deals with the task of developing a plan study of criterion behaviors. The document content is divided into the following five steps: (a) identify…

This document, 10th in a series of 11 subvolumes of a handbook providing training for educational research and development personnel in the development of instructional materials, deals with the task of evaluating instructional materials. The document is organized according to the three sequential steps involved in performing the task. Step 1 is…

Third (part 3) in a set of four guides designed for the student interested in a vocation in electrical work, this guide includes four units: Unit VI--Ohm's Law, covering six lessons (voltage, current-flow and resistance, the Ohm's Law formula, formula for finding voltage, formula for finding resistance); Unit VII--Voltages, covering five lessons…

This document, seventh in a series of 11 subvolumes of a handbook prepared to provide training for educational research and development personnel in the development of instructional materials, deals with the task of formulating instructional strategies. The document is organized according to the four sequential steps involved in performing the…

Presents an instructional assignment--the development of a "Job Strategy Notebook"--designed to assist students in career planning and preparation for an effective job search campaign. Offers ideas for assignments as well as sample forms dealing with skills/interests, resumes, career information, company research, and interviews/company visits.…

This document outlines the point-based faculty assignment classification system in effect at Whatcom Community College (Washington). The purpose of the point system is to provide an equitable and flexible means of compensating faculty members based on a system of assigning quantitative values to tasks. Teaching, which includes classroom…

This sophomore English curriculum guide for the secondary school provides (1) behavioral objectives, written work assignments, directions and a list of book selections for varying levels of prose literature and American literature; (2) assignment sheets for a freshman skills review and for compositions using analogy, explanation of a process,…