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Research Connections: The San Diego Striving Readers' Project: Building Academic Success for Adolescent Readers
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McDonald, Trevor; Thornley, Christina; Staley, Rosemary; Moore, David W. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
This Research Connections column describes the background to and the research base for the San Diego Unified School Districts' federally funded Striving Readers Project. The curriculum for the project was developed out of a longitudinal study into the literacy experiences of secondary students in New Zealand and from exploratory work in San Diego…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Theory Practice Relationship, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Road Maps for Learning: A Guide to the Navigation of Learning Progressions
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Black, Paul; Wilson, Mark; Yao, Shih-Ying – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The overall aim of this article is to analyze the relationships between the roles of assessment in pedagogy, the interactions between curriculum assessment and pedagogy, and the study of pupils' progression in learning. It is argued that well-grounded evidence of pupils' progressions in learning is crucial to the work of teachers, so that a method…
Descriptors: Evidence, Learning Strategies, Program Effectiveness, Grade 8
Watering Up the Curriculum.
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Sabato, George F. – Social Studies Review, 1998
Summarizes an experiential training trip for teachers and river guides in the Auburn State Recreation Area (California). Explores the connection of man with water and relates this connection to the California History/Social Studies Framework. Outlines themes for student research and recommends resources for teacher training and for curriculum…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Fostering Students' Epistemologies of Models via Authentic Model-Based Tasks
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Gobert, Janice D.; Pallant, Amy – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
A curriculum unit for middle school Earth Science called "What's on Your Plate?" was designed. The unit was implemented in several middle and high school classrooms in California and Massachusetts. In the first implementation, the total number of students who participated was 1100. The unit was designed with two main pedagogical…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Epistemology, Models, Earth Science
With History-Social Science for All: Access for Every Student.
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1992
This paper describes six strategies for California teachers to consider in teaching the state's history-social science curriculum to educationally disadvantaged students. The six strategies are: (1) enriching history through literature; (2) connecting history with other learnings; (3) connecting history to personal experience; (4) adapting to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Integrating the Curriculum: The Case of an Award-Winning Elementary School.
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Grisham, Dana L. – 1995
The research described in this paper was conducted over a 4-year period at Orangecrest Elementary School, a new school in a Southern California urban district, which adopted Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI) at its inception. ITI, developed by Susan Kovalik, is a tightly structured program based on the idea of year-long themes which are broken…
Descriptors: Awards, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design