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Britton, Edward; Raizen, Senta; Kaser, Joyce; Porter, Andrew – 2002
This ERIC Digest presents highlights and recommendations from a working forum (Britton, Raizen, Kaser, and Porter, 2000) in which participants considered diversity and equity issues in mathematics and science education with special emphasis on research directions for the future. An overview of needed research, gender issues in mathematics, and the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Roeber, Edward – 1995
American schools are being challenged to provide opportunities for students to achieve at much higher levels. Assessment is viewed as one of the essential elements in assisting schools to address the standards now deemed to be important in a manner that will help all students to achieve them. The major challenge for assessment is to implement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Barnett, Harvey – 2003
The goal of any professional development program is to inform and change teacher behavior as a result of new information. Professional development activities need to be designed in a way that ensures that teachers' time and your investment in time and money pay off in increased student achievement. Getting teacher buy in is important when…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness
Outcalt, Charles – 1999
This digest describes community college honors programs with regard to their origins and goals, consistency with institutional missions, and effectiveness. Potential goals for honors programs at community colleges include: (1) providing advanced students an opportunity to learn more than they would in a non-honors curriculum; (2) retaining a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Honors Curriculum
Risinger, C. Frederick – 1986
The workshop is the most convenient and frequent means of inservice education. The purposes and types of social studies inservice workshops are examined, guidelines for effective planning and implementation are provided, and helpful hints and areas of caution designed to assist in conducting successful workshops are suggested. Six typical formats…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Evaluation
Vars, Gordon F.; Beane, James A. – 2000
Curriculum integration has long been proposed as a way of organizing the "common learnings" or life skills considered essential for all citizens in a democracy. Curriculum is organized around real-life problems and issues significant to both young people and adults, applying pertinent content and skills from many subject areas or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Competence, Curriculum Development
Blosser, Patricia E. – 1984
This digest provides information about "Research Within Reach: Science Education. A Research-Guided Response to the Concerns of Educators," part of a series produced by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia. (Previous volumes in the series focused on reading, elementary mathematics, oral and written…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Katz, Lilian G. – 1999
From the academic--or instructivist--perspective, the young child is seen as dependent on adults' instruction in the academic knowledge and skills necessary for a good start for later academic achievement. This perspective is in direct contrast to the active and interactive curriculum assumed by proponents of the constructivist approach. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Blosser, Patricia E. – 1990
Advances in science and technology, information in philosophy and psychology, and changes in society have placed different demands on science education than was the case in the 1960's. Post-Sputnik era curricula in science were organized to reflect the structure of the discipline and were aimed primarily at encouraging students to pursue science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Berryman, Sue E.; And Others – 1992
This digest describes efforts to improve academic learning for middle level high school students to be applied practically to develop workplace competence and flexibility by integrating academic and vocational education. Following an introduction describing the need to prepare students for working life is a paragraph describing generally the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Curriculum Development
Crampton, Faith E. – 1990
Reforms in education have raised two critical fiscal policy issues: How is education reform to be financed? and Do the dollars spent on education reform make a difference? Schools can successfully meet these challenges by practicing sound fiscal management and placing an emphasis on cost-effectiveness and accountability. In the future, a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness