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Gibson, Gail M.; Herbert, Michael A.; Sebastian, Joan P.; Mayhew, John C. – 1998
As an extension of a graduate program at the University of Utah designed to prepare teachers to work more effectively with American Indian students, a multimedia distance education course entitled "Culture and School Success: Teaching American Indians," was developed. Two major outcomes were identified: to educate a minimum of 350…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Cooperative Planning, Course Content
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
The materials collected in this document were submitted to a conference focused on issues relevant to Chapter 1 programs. A wide variety of resources was presented to participants. Resources for teachers related to mathematics cover the topics of teaching reform; curriculum and instruction; problem solving; and estimation. Resources on reading…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students
Community Coll. of Vermont, Waterbury. – 1992
Developed as a resource for faculty members at the Community College of Vermont (CCV), this four-part handbook provides information about the CCV and presents ideas and strategies for enhancing the effectiveness of teaching. Part I reviews the history of the CCV; examines the institution's mission, goals, and programs; profiles the CCV's teachers…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Caputo, Maria – 1991
An instructional project designed a module on job interview skills for the Introduction to Occupations course, recommended for high school students by the New York State Board of Regents. The target population consisted of 16 students in grades 9-12, in the Carle Place Junior/Senior High School on Long Island. The majority of the subjects were…
Descriptors: Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Interviews
Norton, Robert E. – 1992
To provide structure for developing curriculum for Competency Based Education (CBE), an effective and efficient model, Systematic Curriculum and Instructional Development (SCID), has been devised. SCID has five phases: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Each of 23 components involves several steps, some optional. Phase…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Instructional Developments, 1992
This document consists of all five issues of the journal "Instructional Developments" published during the period 1990-1992. This journal is intended for the communication of opinions, ideas, findings, and achievements in the improvement of instruction. The five issues presented in this packet contain the following articles:…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Developing Nations, Diffusion (Communication), Distance Education
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1983
The Center for the Study of Evaluation of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles hosted a two-day conference on "Paths to Excellence: Testing and Technology" on July 14-15, 1983. Attended by over 100 educational researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, day one of the conference focused on issues in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs
Silberstein, Moshe; Sabar, Naama – 1990
Autonomous schools in Israel are faced with the challenge of integrating centralized and decentralized curricular approaches. The curriculum structure by which schools attempt to comply with national curricula standards and achieve school autonomy is examined. Case studies of three primary schools involved document analysis, observation,…
Descriptors: Centralization, Core Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Educational Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. The test given to students in Grade 11 is an exit-level examination,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, English Instruction, Grade 11
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. The test given to students in Grade 11 is an exit-level examination, and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Computation
Snow, Marguerite Ann – 1986
Bilingual immersion programs combine second language immersion for language majority children and bilingual education for language minority children. The programs are based on the underlying assumption of the immersion model: that a second language is best learned as a medium of instruction, not as the object of instruction. However, they are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Rowan, Brian – 1986
To discover whether school districts can develop highly rationalized forms of instructional management, this study gathered data from a telephone survey conducted in the school year 1983-84 of administrators in 30 western districts. The instructional management practices of these districts were then compared with an "ideal type" of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Rose, Andrew M.; And Others – 1985
This report describes an analytic training Device Effectiveness Forecasting Technique known as DEFT. DEFT accounts for device effectivness in terms of several different criteria and classes of independent predictor variables. In its present form, DEFT is a series of interactive, menu-driven computer programs that provide for three levels of device…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Apodaca, Rosita – 1985
The El Paso Independent School District, in an effort to reduce the dropout rate and promote academic success among Hispanics, developed a high-intensity language training (HILT) curriculum in English as a second language (ESL) for limited-English-speaking students, to prepare them for full participation in regular subject-area courses. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
Dunn, James; Mitchell, Karen – 1981
This paper describes competency-based systems and system components in vocational and occupational education and other areas of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education. Seven systems of competency-based instruction are discussed: Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs, Individually Prescribed Instruction, Individually Guided…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Competency Based Education, Computer Managed Instruction
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