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Willinsky, John; Bobie, Allen – 1986
Statewide competency testing as a high school graduation requirement represents a threat to those who encourage broad notions of reading and writing, even when a number of testing innovations in reading and writing mean a step forward in education. In Alberta, Canada, the English exam comes in a non-academic and an academic version, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Curriculum, Essays, Foreign Countries
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1985
As part of an ongoing dialogue among teachers in California high schools, this sourcebook addresses some of the issues involved in teaching English/Language Arts at the secondary level. The sourcebook is divided into eight chapters, and begins with an overview answering questions concerning the California Model Curriculum Standards (MCS) for…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Environment, Computer Managed Instruction, Course Content
Klein, M. Frances – 1980
A total of 122 state and 147 school district curriculum guides were obtained and analyzed for their coverage of specific subject areas in elementary and secondary schools. The dates of the guides ranged from 1961 to 1978. Analysis is provided of the state and district guides across all subject areas as well as within each subject area. The subject…
Descriptors: Art Education, Content Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Thomson, Scott; DeLeonibus, Nancy – 1978
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) identified 34 high schools whose students maintained or improved their SAT scores from 1973 to 1976 or whose mean scores in 1973 were approximately the same as in 1965. In an open-ended questionnaire, the principals of these schools were asked to identify success factors. Their…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
Chafin, Shirley R. – 1976
Designed to teach twelfth grade English honors students in Kentucky to think critically, to write creatively, to develop a better self-concept, and to stimulate appreciation and pride for Appalachian literature and culture, this 9-week resource unit features mini-units on (1) Man and His Values; (2) Death; (3) Prejudice; (4) Strip Mining; and (5)…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Creative Writing, Cultural Background, Cultural Education
Bredekamp, Sue, Ed.; Rosegrant, Teresa, Ed. – 1995
This book builds on Volume 1 of "Reaching Potentials," which attempted to operationalize the "Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and Assessment" set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
HAYES, ALFRED S.; AND OTHERS – 1966
PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO EVALUATE AND TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF READING AND ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ARE DESCRIBED BRIEFLY. THE DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS ARE ARRANGED BY STATE AND BY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION. THE NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL ARE INDICATED CLEARLY. THE INVENTORY INCLUDES INFORMATION ON…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Black Dialects, College Students, English Curriculum
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1976
This curriculum guide on career exploration for ninth and tenth grade teachers is designed as an experimental curriculum to facilitate the interfacing of career education concepts with the instructional program goals in individual school situations. This guide begins with several short sections discussing the career education continuum, Ohio's…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Career Development
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Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1976
The structure of career education included in this curriculum guide for grades 5-8 is intended to provide a comprehensive, sequential, and integrated approach, based on the eight elements of the Comprehensive Career Education Model matrix (CCEM) adopted in Alabama. The eight elements are as follows: Self-awareness, career awareness, economic…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Ediger, Marlow – 1986
Discussing various aspects of the language arts curriculum, this guide contains the following essays: (1) "Listening and the Child in the Language Arts Curriculum," which details a philosophy for teaching and learning in the language arts; (2) "Creative Writing in the Curriculum," which outlines ways teachers can help students achieve creatively;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Content Area Reading, Creative Writing
Newkirk, Thomas, Ed. – 1986
Drawn from talks given at a conference held at the University of New Hampshire in October 1984, the papers in this collection explore the relationship of composition to reading and literature studies. Following an introductory chapter written by Thomas Newkirk, which contains background information about that relationship as well as an overview of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, English Curriculum, Freshman Composition
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1981
Presented by the Texas Education Agency, this guide describes 75 validated programs approved for replication by the Demonstration Programs for School Improvement (DPSI) statewide steering committee for 1981-83. Administered by the Division of Dissemination, the network enables public and private school educators to visit, study, and adopt proven…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Community Education, Curriculum Development
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2007
These Proceedings document an educational research forum held at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) on December 12, 2007. Table of contents and 23 research studies of high school teaching are included. Each paper contains a literature review, methodology, results, conclusions, and references. Studies include: (1) Cultural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Cultural Awareness, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Stone, Sandra J. – 1996
School restructuring movements have gained a great deal of national attention. This guidebook addresses the multi-age classroom movement, in which a mixed-age group of children stays with a given teacher for a number of years. The work provides a complete design for the mixed-age primary classroom, from philosophy and rationale to sample lesson…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Continuous Progress Plan, Cross Age Teaching
Kelly, Patricia P., Ed.; Small, Robert C., Jr., Ed. – Virginia English Bulletin, 1987
The ways that students can learn about the nature of the English language and develop a sense of excitement about their language are explored in this focused journal issue. The titles of the essays and their authors are as follows: (1) "Language, the Forgotten Content" (R. Small and P. P. Kelly); (2) "What Should English Teachers…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Childrens Literature, Critical Reading, Curriculum Development
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