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Peer reviewedGuenther, John; Ridgway, Robert – Clearing House, 1973
Authors report on a recently completed study which measured the responses of students and teachers to mini-courses in the social studies. (Editor/CB)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Minicourses, Social Studies
Peer reviewedKight, Stanford S.; Mickelson, John M. – Clearing House, 1995
Reprints an article originally published in 1949. Determines the relative effects on learning of problem-centered and subject-centered units of instruction. Finds that pupils learned significantly more factual information and made more connections of specific rules of action with their corresponding facts with the problem type. Suggests that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedKniep, Willard M. – Clearing House, 1979
This article considers a rationale for a unit approach to teaching social studies, describes the structure of thematic units, identifies four sources of unit themes, outlines the process of developing a thematic unit, and suggests some resources. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Interdisciplinary Approach
