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Map Skills Instruction and the Child's Developing Cognitive Abilities
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Meyer, Judith M. W. – Journal of Geography, 1973
A hierarchial sequence for map skills instruction is proposed and related to existing programs. Emphasis in this sequential structure is placed on gradual development of the student's ability to use grid reference systems and orient himself satisfactorily on maps, as well as the gradual acquisition of certain measurement abilities. (SM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Geography Instruction, Literature Reviews
An Aid for Planning Programs in Career Education.
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Illinois State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation, Springfield. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education.
Offered as an aid for developing sequential occupational education programs, the publication presents a concept in career education planning beginning with kindergarten and continuing through adult years. Career education goals are defined, and steps in planning sequential programs are outlined as follows: (1) organization of the occupational…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Education, Career Guidance, Elementary Education
Use of Literary Models in Teaching Written Composition, Grades K-6.
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Georgia Univ., Athens. English Curriculum Study Center. – 1968
This compilation of resource materials for the teaching of written composition in grades K-6 is based on the assemptions that the desire to write frequently results from the enjoyment and stimulation derived from reading what another has written; that children's literature offers the pupil contact with master writers; and that this contact may be…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English Instruction, Figurative Language, Instructional Materials
Model for the Development of Inquiry-Oriented Social Studies Materials Using Community Resources as Learning Laboratories. Curriculum Model #2. Field-Laboratory: Old Sturbridge Village.
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Sebolt, Alberta P.; And Others – 1969
The major reason for using the outdoor history museum as a field laboratory is to provide for small in depth studies of "real life" problems relevant for today's students. An authentic New England village of 1790-1840 provides the background for the sequential development of various concepts in the social studies learning unit. Concepts are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Resources, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design
The Taba Curriculum Development Project in Social Studies; Development of a Comprehensive Curriculum Model for Social Studies for Grades One Through Eight Inclusive of Procedures for Implementation and Dissemination. Final Report.
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Wallen, Norman E.; And Others – 1969
One of the major focuses of this project was the revision of existing curriculum guides for grades one through six (the Contra Costa Social Studies Guides) and the development of guides for grades seven and eight. The emphases were: organization of learning activities under significant generalizations of main concepts; sequential treatment;…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Measurement
Toward Humanistic Education: A Curriculum of Affect.
Weinstein, Gerald, Ed.; Fantini, Mario D., Ed. – 1970
Professionals as well as parents will find here an argument and model for implementing humanistic education in public schools at all levels. Steming from the Elementary School Teaching Project by the Ford Foundation which found that the student's feelings influence his ability to learn, this book attempts to develop a model which will utilize the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives