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Lee, Nicolette – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
System models are commonly used in tertiary education as a mechanism for describing the interacting components of educational phenomena, but have hitherto been uncritically accepted. This paper provides a critical review of existing systems models, including the 3P model defined Biggs, and outlines their conceptual challenges. A revised model…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Systems Approach, Models, Curriculum Research
Rosales, Carmen Leonor – 1994
This post-doctoral study was conducted to investigate selected features of graduate schools, including graduate schools of education, and graduate programs in curriculum studies in 25 leading research universities in the United States. This document describes the unique features of each of the graduate schools in the universities in regard to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Research, Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Study
Kelly, Leonard – 1982
In the fall of 1981 Kendall Demonstration Elementary School issued to its teachers new curriculum guides in four areas: Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics. In Language Arts the implementation was more comprehensive than in the other areas. This report describes curriculum evaluation activities conducted at Kendall during…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Research
English, Fenwick W. – 1988
This book explains curriculum audits and how to conduct them. Chapter I, "Why Audit?" presents criteria for determining if an audit is warranted and describes three basic types: functional, operational, and programmatic. Chapter II shows how the three primary activities of document review, interviews, and site visitations yield answers to the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Content Analysis, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design
Stark, Joan S.; Lattuca, Lisa R. – 1997
This book proposes a broad view of the college curriculum, suggesting that it be defined as an "academic plan." The plan included decisions about what, why, and how students learn; ways to determine whether students have learned what they are supposed to learn; and methods of using this information to improve the plan. Taking both a macro and a…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cognitive Processes, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Hall, William C., Ed. – 1987
This digest summarizes the contents of the more than 50 separate items that were published by the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development in 1986-87. These items include major research reports, video programs, newsletters, clearinghouse reports and textbooks. The first section provides an overview of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Clearinghouses