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Download full textCurtis, Charles K. – 1979
A project is described in which slow learning high school students in British Columbia investigated community housing problems. The objective of the project was to show how investigation of contemporary community problems can help slow learning students develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes conducive to responsible citizenship. Methodology…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Community Problems, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
Miller, Don, Ed.; Miller, Barbara, Ed. – 1979
Effective time and resource management is a necessity in all schools, particularly in small schools which make so many kinds of demands on each staff member. To successfully meet the challenge of providing a quality education in a small school, every available resource should be used, the staff and community surveyed to determine special skills or…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Dawson, George G., Ed. – 1974
Examples of effective economics teaching from kindergarten through college, contained in this 11th volume of the Joint Council for Economic Education series, are selected from the 1972-73 entries in the Kazanjian Foundation Awards Program for the teaching of economics. Arranged by grade level, 22 descriptions of original teacher-developed projects…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, College Instruction, Consumer Economics, Cross Age Teaching
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1972
The bulletin reports on significant research, development, and current practice that bear on the social studies and the disadvantaged for levels K-12. The report is intended to serve as a guide for curriculum decision makers and other educators interested in teaching about, as well as to, the disadvantaged. The following five areas are discussed:…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Disadvantaged Youth
Jeffs, George A. – 1964
In a study on promotion of realistic occupational goals in the mentally and academically retarded, 86 boys (aged 16 to 19 years) from two senior high schools located in two similar, juxtaposed Nevada cities (Reno and Sparks) were utilized. Groups included 16 mentally retarded students (IQ range 53 to 88, mean 78; Social Maturity Quotient range 60…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Fien, John, Ed.; And Others – 1983
This publication contains 14 papers, most of which were written by instructors of higher education in Australia and Great Britain. Following an introduction, the first five papers are "The Development of Children's Map Ability" (Simon Catling), "Published Guidance to Pupils on Atlas Mapwork Skills" (Herbert Sandford),…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Education
Blackwell, Velvelyn; And Others – 1968
This is a curriculum rationale developed as a preliminary to the development and testing of curricular materials in the slow learner classroom situation. Chapter one disucsses individual characteristics and a definition of a slow learner. The remainder of the report analyzes approaches to teaching, taking into consideration these characteristics.…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Citations (References), Classroom Techniques
HEATHERS, GLEN – 1967
DURING THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, 1958-63, A DEMONSTRATION TEST OF THE DUAL PROGRESS PLAN WAS CONDUCTED IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 6 OF THE NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND IN GRADES 7 AND 8 OF THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN LONG BEACH AND OSSINING, NEW YORK. RELATED TRYOUTS OF THE PLAN WERE MADE IN 14 OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PLAN INVOLVES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Hardin, Susan J. – 1987
Jonathan Turner Junior High School, in Jacksonville, Illinois, identified 121 7th- and 8th-grade students as being below grade level in one or more subject areas. A special program for slow learners was designed, which called for classes of no more than 20 students. The program was successfully initiated without special funding or added personnel.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum Development, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
Early, George H.; Kephart, Newell G. – 1969
A theory of perceptual development is presented and explained in terms of the following concepts: the structured self and the structured world, the motor basis of internal structure, developing the motor base, and structuring space and time. The movement from theory to remediation is described, and the curriculum is discussed as a source of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Education, Industrial Arts, Learning Activities
Shaver, James P., Ed. – 1977
The intent of this bulletin is to involve social studies educators, as implementers of citizenship education, in re-examining the assumptions underlying their curricular choices and teaching methods. This subject is addressed because presently little evidence exists to indicate that the schools' efforts have affected the quantity or quality of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship
Shill, James F.; And Others – 1978
A project was developed to (1) utilize a steering committee for project planning, review, and evaluation; (2) catalog, review, and analyze systems and studies that impact on identification/selection of mentally handicapped and slow learners for vocational programs; (3) design tests involving vocational skill prediction for use with mentally…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Annotated Bibliographies, Auto Mechanics
Nova Scotia Dept. of Education, Halifax. – 1980
This guide is intended to help social studies educators in Nova Scotia develop a junior-senior high school program for students who have had a history of learning difficulties and whose acquisition of skills has been slower than average. The first part of the guide contains a definition of the student for whom the program is intended, guidelines…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Area Studies, Citizenship Education, Community Study
Campbell, Paul J.; Grinstein, Louise S. – 1988
The changing role of mathematics in society may require a different mathematics curriculum in the schools. Curriculum builders work constructing pieces of the new mathematics curriculum. To last, this new curriculum must be based on a foundation of experience and research. This book provides access to that foundation for secondary schools and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, College Mathematics, Computer Software
State Univ. of New York, Utica. – 1979
The sixteen chapters in this publication represent summaries and combinations of weekly reports done by students in the graduate course, Curriculum Development in Vocational Education. These reports on selected topics pertaining to curriculum development in vocational education are presented in the following format: discussion of the topic with…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Career Education
