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Pekdag, Bulent; Erol, Hilal – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
Fifteen secondary education chemistry curricula published from 1957 until 2007 were examined based on the dimensions of rationale, goals, and subject matter. An examination of documents in the scope of qualitative research was carried out in the study. The goals included in the examined chemistry curricula were analyzed according to the cognitive,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, Chemistry, Qualitative Research
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Shurr, Jordan; Bouck, Emily C. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Curriculum content is an essential component of the field of special education for students with moderate and severe disabilities. This study updates the twenty-year curriculum content review by Nietupski, Hamre-Nietupski, Curtin, and Shrikanth (1997) and provides an overview of the last 15 years of research on this topic. A hand search of ten…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Mild Mental Retardation, Severe Mental Retardation, Course Content
Krueger, Dorothy Lenk – 1977
The rapid growth in the field of interpersonal communication has outstripped educational planning in the field, resulting in the espousal of questionable methods of selecting and presenting the materials germane to interpersonal communication. One of the more recent directions of instruction in interpersonal communication has been toward a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Curriculum Research, Higher Education
Saxe, David Warren – 1996
This paper retraces the early development of the social studies curricular pattern of the 1920s and the subsequent division between social studies advocates, represented by the National Council for the Social Studies, and history-centered supporters, represented largely by the American Historical Association. The document maintains that the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Problems, Curriculum Research
Banaszak, Ronald A. – 1993
This content analysis study explored the impact of recent decades on the appearance, content, content emphasis and textbook features of 1970 edition and the 1992 edition of "Magruder's American Government." This volume has been the leading high school government textbook ever since it was first published in 1917. The study pre-selected…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Research, High Schools
Levine, Peter; Berg, Peter – 1989
This paper summarizes the suggestions offered by investigative committees of U.S. historians from the 1880s to the present concerning the importance of studying history in public schools, what should be included, and how it should be taught. An integrative approach to learning, combining history with English and geography, as suggested in reports…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Research, Educational Change, Educational History
Klein, M. Frances – 1987
This paper discusses state control over curriculum relative to two general schools of curriculum theorists. The traditionalists employ a behavioristic social science orientation and attempt to develop curriculum theory with laws and principles tested through research. Reconceptualists reject the behavioral science model and attempt to…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research
Hope, Jack – 1990
The purpose of this report is to identify changes that need to be made in the Saskatchewan mathematics curriculum and to provide the curriculum writers and advisory committee with sufficient background information to develop a revised program and to evaluate teaching materials currently available. The purpose of Part 1 of the guide is to examine…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Research
Friedlander, Jack – 1980
Economics education is examined as revealed by a study of science education at two-year colleges that involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative institutions, and a survey of 69 economics instructors. Each of the three parts of the report reviews pertinent literature, reports study…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Course Content