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Download full textAytaç Onur Demirtas; Kerim Gundogdu – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2024
This embedded-single case study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the 8th-grade music curriculum through the lens of Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism Model. An initial survey involving 146 music teachers was conducted to determine the middle school grade-level music curriculum for evaluation. Subsequently, 15 music teachers, six…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Music Education, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness
Direct linkCraney, Chris L.; Lau, Thomas; Nelson, William T.; Ghomeshi, Adrianna; Rust, James M.; de Groot, Robert M.; Dennis, Donovan P.; Robertson, Ellen; Kissel, Jessica – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The Japanese lesson study (JLS) model for curriculum development has seen limited application to middle school science classrooms. The JLS model was used to develop and refine three hands-on activities focused on four major eighth grade science topics from the California curriculum. Prior assessments of these topics showed limited understanding by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Educational Change
Qarareh, Ahmed O. – International Education Studies, 2016
The study aims to investigate the effect of using constructivist learning model in teaching science, especially in the subject of light: its nature, mirrors, lens, and properties, on the achievement of eighth-grade students and their scientific thinking. The study sample consisted of (136) male and female 8th graders were chosen from two basic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Models, Science Instruction
Yuliani, Kiki; Saragih, Sahat – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this research was to: 1) development of learning devices based guided discovery model in improving of understanding concept and critical thinking mathematically ability of students at Islamic Junior High School; 2) describe improvement understanding concept and critical thinking mathematically ability of students at MTs by using…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Skills
Wiggins, Enrique – Technology Teacher, 2006
"Structures Around the World" is an eighth-grade activity that places special emphasis on creativity and the aspects of design. This lesson interrelates across a variety of curriculums. Due to its diversity, this activity brings validity to technology education and how ideas are conceptualized. In this activity, students explore various…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Technology Education, Science and Society, Design
Carley, Glenn – Children & Schools, 2007
A school social work intervention called the "Getting Better Phenomenon" is redesigned as a curriculum resource for eighth- and ninth-grade teachers. The activities in the curriculum represent a synergy of provincial learning expectations; academic assessment and evaluation structures; teacher-guided delivery of student-generated "course" content;…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Models, Educational Resources, Social Work
