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Peer reviewedDickson, David – Science, 1985
The French government has announced new moves designed to reinforce the teaching of basic skills in this nation's elementary schools. Highlights of these moves and of Jean-Pierre Chevenement's (minister of national education) recommendations on what should be emphasized in schools are presented. (JN)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedJardine, David W.; Clifford, Patricia; Friesen, Sharon; LaGrange, Annette – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2001
An ongoing study has found that the "basics" in contemporary educational theory are actually the smallest, most easily isolated and most easily testable fragments of knowledge in a discipline--abstractions produced by complex analysis. The project is exploring an alternative version of "basicness" in which the complex, often ambiguous realm of a…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Educational Attitudes, Educational Theories
Rist, Marilee C. – Executive Educator, 1992
Although rote learning is a heretical notion to many educators, memorizing, reciting, and drilling may be what is needed to improve test scores and provide students with the necessary skills for solving problems and developing complex thinking skills. Sidebars summarize direct-teaching methods for mathematics and a Core Knowledge curriculum…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Drills (Practice)
Taylor, Bob L.; Birchell, Gregory R. – 1983
To test whether elementary social studies texts have changed in response to the back-to-basics movement, a content analysis was made of selected basal texts series published between 1969-1972 and reissued between 1979-1982. Quantitative data, anecdotal data, and educational criticism were used to compare eight matched text series for knowledge…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Citizenship Education
