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Young, Shawna; Hall, Erin; Deaner, Heather; Riggs, Jim – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to share how physical education (PE) offers a unique place of interdisciplinary connections, contributing to coherence in the general education (GE) experience, and to demonstrate the overall value of PE, serving as a rationale for its inclusion in a GE program. A definition of GE is provided, followed by an historical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, General Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Curriculum
Swanson, Mary; Parrott, Martha – Online Submission, 2013
In a new era of Common Core State Standards (CCSS), teachers are expected to provide more rigorous, coherent, and focused curriculum at every grade level. To respond to the call for higher expectations across the curriculum and certainly within reading, writing, and mathematics, educators should work closely together to create mathematically…
Descriptors: State Standards, Literacy, Mathematics Instruction, State Policy
Pruekpramool, Chaninan; Phonphok, Nason; White, Orvil L.; Musikul, Kusalin – Online Submission, 2013
This study is aimed to develop the interdisciplinary SoSTI (science of sound in traditional Thai musical instruments) course for Thai non-science upper secondary school students to study the students' attitudes toward science before and after studying from the course. The SoSTI course development is based on the interdisciplinary concept model and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Elective Courses, Measures (Individuals)
Hollenbeck, Lisa – Online Submission, 2008
This study explored the skills students develop through participation in instrumental music and the effect it has on their academic achievement through student and parent/guardian surveys. Fifty-eight percent of cognitive skills were identified as being obtained by a majority of students, 70% of affective skills, and 71% of meta-cognitive skills…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Music Education, Relationship, Core Curriculum