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Agustian, Hendra Y. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
This article seeks to provide researchers and practitioners in laboratory education, particularly those involved in the curriculum design and implementation of teaching laboratories at university level, with a conceptual framework and a working model for an integrated assessment of learning domains, by attending to a more holistic approach to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Curriculum Design
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Whitesell, Kathleena – Volta Review, 1995
Discussion of the use of theme cycles in the teaching of students with hearing impairments first compares holistic theme cycles with traditional, reductionist theme units. The development of theme cycle components and issues is then related to locating needed materials, assisting hearing-impaired students in accessing information, managing data,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Holistic Approach
Garmulewicz, Liza Ireland – 1986
Environmental education ideally involves a holistic integration of all school subjects, but in reality the curriculum structure is very segmented. Traditional approaches to the study of environmental degradation have not recognized the interrelatedness of the system: problems in the biosphere have been addressed from the perspective of the…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Methods
Torp, Linda; Sage, Sara – 1998
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an experiential form of learning centered around the collaborative investigation and resolution of "messy, real-world" problems. This book offers opportunities to learn about problem-based learning from the perspectives of teachers, students, parents, administrators, and curriculum developers. Chapter 1 tells…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Zubrowski, Bernard – Science Education, 1984
Uses examples related to a head of cabbage to discuss: (1) sensory development in children; (2) the integration of sensory and cognitive involvement; and (3) a child's mode of exploring and discovering. Also discusses why science curricula need to be organized around a paradigm that is holistic. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ramsey, Jill; Conway, David F. – Volta Review, 1995
Discusses the use of mini-lessons within thematic units as forums for language learning and content development for intermediate grade students with hearing impairments. A project to enhance the language arts curriculum at the Nebraska School for the Deaf uses the whole language mini-lessons to work on skill development, clarify misunderstandings,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Hearing Impairments
Kellogg, Karen – 1999
During the last two decades learning communities, which are felt to have benefits that extend beyond students to faculty and the institution, have expanded to include many different models. This digest reviews five major higher education learning community models currently in existence: (1) Linked courses, which link cohorts of students taking two…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Holistic Approach
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Ediger, Marlow – 1983
Elementary school students differ in interest, capacity, achievement, social development, socioeconomic level, and psychomotor skills. These individual differences are discussed in reference to the process of designing the elementary social studies curriculum. Part One suggests ways in which teachers can respond to students' individual…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Guidelines
Shoemaker, Betty Jean Eklund – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
There is increasing interest in integrated studies or the integrated curriculum at all levels of schooling. Integrated approaches reveal wide differences in interpretation of what integration actually means and how it can be accomplished within the school setting. Chapter 1 discusses the various meanings of integration and some approaches taken to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Nash, Andrea, Comp. – 1987
This bibliography is designed: (1) to bring information together on research on family roles in literacy acquisition and on parent involvement programs; and (2) to present a range of models, resources, and approaches that English family literacy program designers, curriculum developers, and teachers can use in developing their own programs. The…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Design, Educational Research
Clemmons, Joan; And Others – 1991
This collection of administrative, planning, and teaching materials focuses on an immersion approach to engaging learners in whole literacy. The collection's 6 sections are as follows: (1) Role of the Administrator (Mary Dill); (2) Role of the Reading Teacher (Carleen Payne); (3) Batteries and Bulbs (DonnaLynn Estes); (4) Bears (Lois Laase); (5)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach
Roberts, Charles V. – 1983
Typically, efforts by English, speech, and developmental reading departments to make students "complete communicators" have been confined to one or two basic skills courses giving unsuccessful "one-shot" inoculations in the theory and practice of one of the communication competencies. As such communication is not taught in the context of the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Communication Skills, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Design
Henry, Jean – 1991
In an effort to support Spanish and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy education and to help preserve the dignity and identity of the Hispanic community in Central Pennsylvania, a literacy program was established and staffed by volunteers and paid employees. Beginning with two students and a volunteer tutor, the class has grown into a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Family Programs
Brown, Johanne, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This guide, written in French and designed for literacy teachers, offers suggestions for providing appropriate literacy education for Canadian francophone women. It recommends an approach that is based on learner needs, is holistic, and focuses on the student as the principal agent of her own education. A discussion of instructional management…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Course Content