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Peer reviewedCriscuola, Margaret M. – Educational Leadership, 1994
Junior Great Books Curriculum model uses interpretive discussion within the reading process to help students of all reading abilities understand literature, or construct inferential and thematic meaning from their reading. Program was piloted in third-grade classes in 13 Chicago schools between 1989 and 1991. The model's cornerstone is the…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Grade 3, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedBushman, James; Goodman, Greg; Brown-Welty, Sharon; Dorn, Shelly – Educational Leadership, 2001
The Central Valley (California) Educational Research Consortium asked 118 area principals what they were doing to improve their lowest achieving students' education. Respondents are focusing on individualizing instruction, aligning curricula to standards, advocating teaching to standards and tests, promoting new curriculum methodologies, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Improvement
