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Neely, Megan L.; Troy, Jesse D.; Gschwind, Gerald T.; Pomann, Gina-Maria; Grambow, Steven C.; Samsa, Gregory P. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2022
We describe an innovative preorientation curriculum (POC) for a Master of Biostatistics (MB) program. The goal of the POC is to fill critical skills gaps for students entering the MB program from heterogeneous backgrounds so they are prepared to engage in the program's rigorous, fast-paced training upon arrival. To achieve this goal, we introduce…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Biology, Statistics Education
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Chow, Jason C.; Hampton, Lauren H. – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
Interventions often require multiple decisions to improve outcomes for every student. Whether the decision to implement a practice, tailor an existing protocol, or change approaches, these decisions should be based on individual variables and outcomes via a sequence of treatment. To develop adaptive interventions that have sufficient evidence to…
Descriptors: Special Education, Intervention, Program Development, Program Evaluation
DuPaul, George J.; Kern, Lee; Belk, Georgia; Custer, Beth; Hatfield, Andrea; Daffner, Molly; Peek, Daniel – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2018
The most efficacious psychosocial intervention for reducing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in young children is behavioral parent training (BPT). Potential benefits are hindered by limited accessibility, low session attendance, and poor implementation of prescribed strategies. As a result, only approximately half of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Young Children, Parent Participation, Individual Development
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Tytler, Russell; Mulligan, Joanne; Prain, Vaughan; White, Peta; Xu, Lihua; Kirk, Melinda; Nielsen, Christopher; Speldewinde, Christopher – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Against a backdrop of advocacy for interdisciplinary STEM curricula, this paper explores the design principles underpinning a three-year longitudinal research project that develops and evaluates interdisciplinary mathematics and science learning sequences involving multiple teachers and student cohorts across the primary school years. The research…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Elementary School Students
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O'Neill, Geraldine; Donnelly, Roisin; Fitzmaurice, Marian – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
Curriculum sequencing is central to promoting a coherent student experience. Yet in the higher education context, the concept and practice of curriculum sequencing have not been fully explored. This research examined how seven programme teams approached the issue of sequencing across two Irish higher education institutions. A phenomenological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Sequential Approach, Higher Education
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Lumpkin, Angela – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Concern about the research and writing abilities of undergraduate students led to the development, implementation and enhancement of four sequential writing assignments in an introductory course. These writing assignments--which included a report on an interview of a professional in the field, a research paper on an aspirational career, a research…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Writing Improvement, Research Skills
Stebbins, Helene; Scott, L. Carol – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2007
This paper examines how Head Start and state pre-kindergarten programs can work together to better serve young children and their families. It focuses on two of the several models of early childhood education, acknowledging that these programs are just one piece of a fully integrated system of early care and education for children from birth until…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Cooperation, Preschool Education, Partnerships in Education
Turner, B. Carol, Ed. – 1974
This document presents the results of a project in the Warren, Michigan Consolidated Schools to develop a system-wide career education program beginning at the kindergarten level and extending through adult and continuing education. It is based on a systematic, sequential approach where the phases (self and career awarness, exploration,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Kamm, Karlyn – 1977
This report describes a case study conducted to determine the way two elementary schools implemented the study skills element of the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skills Development and to assess the program results. Following a description of the Wisconsin Design and its study skills element, the report outlines the design of the case study;…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Elementary Education
Smith, Arthur De W.; And Others – 1974
Generic skills are those overt and covert behaviors which are fundamental to the performance of many tasks and sub tasks carried out in a wide range of occupations and which are basic to job specific skills. Generally included in the term are: mathematics, communication, reasoning, interpersonal and manipulative skills. Excluded from generic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classification, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1976
Detailed program descriptions and discussion of research methodology are included in this independent evaluation of the Basic Skills Learning Centers (BSLC) Projects implemented by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) and designed to improve basic reading and math instruction in nonurban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Reading, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education