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Maker, C. June – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1986
A general framework consisting of four curricular dimensions (content, process, product, learning environment) and criteria for developing and judging appropriate curricula for gifted students are presented with adaptations for gifted preschoolers. Examples of teaching activities and techniques appropriate for gifted preschool students can be…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Environment
San Antonio Coll., TX. – 2001
San Antonio College, a college of the Alamo Community College District, develops a system of academic program review in order to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the instructional services provided at the institution. This document provides guidelines on completing a program review. Through the review, the college aims to produce the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
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Stanford, Pokey – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003
An overview is presented of multiple intelligence (MI) theory along with practical applications of the model. Three basic aspects of the theory (teaching strategies, curricular adaptations, and student assessment) are described relative to the infusion of MI theory in general education classrooms to ensure appropriate inclusion for students with…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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McKernan, James – European Journal of Education, 1991
A method for evaluating Ireland's core school curriculum that considers 14 declared goals (aesthetic, creative, cultural, emotional, intellectual, moral, personal, physical, political, practical, recreational, social, spiritual, and vocational) and 4 teacher intentions (communication/fluency, cognitive understanding/manipulation, care/task…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation
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Wehmeyer, Michael L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
Self-determination is an important component of transition services and prompting this outcome requires that educators use assessment both to design instruction and provide information about instructional effectiveness. This article introduces self-determination as a critical transition outcome, examines assessment issues, and overviews practices,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1983
This revised manual presents a timetable, proposals and evaluation procedures, and information on the designation, discontinuance, and inactivation of instructional programs for Maryland community colleges. After the first section presents a timetable for the proposal and evaluation of new and existing instructional programs, information on…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Evaluation Methods
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Murphy, Barbara – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
Guidelines for teaching reading in bilingual elementary school programs stress the need for language experiences that allow students to think in the second language. Evaluation measures other than standardized tests for assessing progress are suggested. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
Wiggins, Grant; McTighe, Jay – 1998
This book explores ways to design courses and units to emphasize understanding and uncoverage rather than coverage, offering practical solutions for teacher-designers. It focuses on a different use for performance assessment, concluding that performance is the key to assessing understanding. The book analyzes the logic of backward design as an…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Quill, Kathleen Ann – 2000
This assessment and intervention guide features an assessment tool along numerous creative ideas to promote social and communication skills in children with autism. Practical background information on perspectives of autism and guidelines for designing and implementing intervention plans are included in the guide. The assessment, the Assessment of…
Descriptors: Autism, Check Lists, Communication Skills, Curriculum Design
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Cohen, Arthur M., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1979
Members of the Council of Universities and Colleges present recommendations and practical strategies in the area of curriculum development in this monograph. Louis Bender discusses strategies for curriculum revision. James Wattenbarger and Sandra Scaggs relate organization theory to the process of curriculum change. Raymond Schultz and Carl Webb…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
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Siegel-Causey, Ellin; Allinder, Rose M. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Reviews best practices for curricular design and instruction for students with moderate retardation and severe disabilities. Describes the benefits of alternate assessment practices such as portfolios and authentic assessment, and presents strategies for alternative assessment processes that can link best practice assumptions and can redirect…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Design, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
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Cowan, John; George, Judith – Educational and Training Technology International, 1992
Discusses the use of students' lists of questions as a method of instructional evaluation and describes a project conducted at the Open University in Scotland that explored the feasibility of various strategies for formative evaluation of study skills workshops. The use of a diminishing list of questions for a workshop structure is described.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design, Evaluation Methods
Curry, Lynn – 1990
Practitioner use of learning style theory and measures can have an impact on curriculum design, instruction and assessment methods, and student guidance in the secondary school. Concern about the "operationalization" of learning style continues due to confusion concerning definitions, weakness in reliability and validity of measurements, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Curriculum Design, Definitions
Harding, Ann; And Others – 1980
This book covers various aspects of the "graded objectives movement" in England and is intended to help teachers understand the ideas behind the movement and to form working groups to implement it. Graded objectives are understood as those objectives which represent steps in a continuum that could be attempted by all learners who would…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Committees, Curriculum Design
Kramer, Arthur; LaMar, Ansley W. – 2000
This study presents a process used to assess the general education component of the undergraduate curriculum, focusing particularly on the components of the methodology that provided the data used to suggesting changes in the program. The study was undertaken at an urban institution with an undergraduate population of 6,000, and involved analysis…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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