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Beyond "The Lorax": Examining Children's Books on Climate Change
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Boggs, George L.; Wilson, Nance S.; Ackland, Robert T.; Danna, Stephen; Grant, Kathy B. – Reading Teacher, 2016
Five teacher educators discuss children's literature addressing Earth's changing climate. They present tools for evaluating the quality of resources likely to help teachers and students stimulate conceptual and emotional development rather than anxiety or oversimplification. An annotated selection of current books along with a checklist to…
Descriptors: Climate, Childrens Literature, Teacher Educators, Emotional Development
Building Assessment Tools Aligned with Grade-Level Outcomes
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Martin, Caryl; Horton, Mel L.; Tarr, Susan J. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
This article focuses on the development of assessment tools to enhance the acquisition of the grade-level outcomes developed in the K-12 curriculum. Physical education is one of the few educational programs that does not have a multitude of available state and national tests to measure student progress. This distinction has been both a strength…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Construction, Student Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
Developmentally Appropriate Middle Level Schools. 2nd Edition.
Manning, M. Lee – 2002
Noting factors that have contributed to an increased emphasis on developmentally responsive middle level schools, this revised monograph examines early adolescence as a developmental period and explores the physical, psychosocial, and cognitive characteristics of 10- to 15-year-olds. In addition, the monograph provides recommendations concerning…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Check Lists, Cognitive Development
Moving toward a Primary Program: A Self-Study.
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Denny, Merry – 1991
The attributes of Kentucky's Primary Program are developmentally appropriate practices; multi-age classrooms; continuous progress; authentic assessment; qualitative reporting; professional teamwork; and parent involvement. This document serves as a guide for teachers who wish to make changes concerning these attributes as they relate to four…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Continuous Progress Plan, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
The Teacher's Ongoing Role in Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood Program: A Self-Study Process for Teachers of Children Ages 5-8.
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Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1990
This self-study instrument is designed to support teachers' efforts to implement an early childhood program for children of 5-8 years of age that reflects the qualities of developmentally appropriate programming described in Connecticut's Guide to Program Development for Kindergarten (1988). The contents, which are presented in checklist format,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
The Creative Curriculum[R] for Preschool. Fourth Edition.
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J.; Heroman, Cate – 2002
This teaching guide provides teachers of young children with a philosophy and guidelines for teaching that address childrens social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The guide describes a curriculum that offers teachers guidance, support, and freedom to be creative and responsive with children, and provides children, including those…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Class Organization
El Curriculo Creativo, para Educacion Preescolar. Tercera Edicion (The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood. Third Edition).
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J. – 1996
This Spanish-language teaching guide provides early childhood teachers with a philosophy and guidelines for teaching that address children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The guide describes a curriculum that offers teachers guidance, support, and freedom to be creative and responsive with children, and provides children,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Class Organization
DEC Personnel Preparation in Early Childhood Special Education: Implementing the DEC Recommended Practices.
Stayton, Vicki D., Ed.; Miller, Patricia S., Ed.; Dinnebeil, Laurie A., Ed. – 2003
The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) has developed recommended practices for the ECSE field in the area of personnel preparation. This book provides guidance to higher education faculty and professional development specialists on how these recommended practices can be implemented in preservice and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Check Lists, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities