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Penuel, William R.; Gallagher, Lawrence P.; Moorthy, Savitha – American Educational Research Journal, 2011
This research study examined whether and how professional development can help teachers design sequences of instruction that lead to improved science learning. The efficacy of three professional development programs and a control condition was compared in a cluster randomized trial involving 53 middle school science teachers from a single school…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Earth Science, Science Teachers, Faculty Development
West, Jonathan – 1992
It is argued that a functional-notional syllabus is practical and useful for second language instruction at the college level. It constitutes a natural progression from secondary school curricula that emphasize communication in that it uses the same basic organization and similar categories. However, it differs from them in that it pays particular…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Sebolt, Alberta P.; Clegg, Ambrose A., Jr. – 1969
In the planning phase of this ESEA Title III Project, a learning unit was developed to serve as an outline for the first draft of the model. The field-lab approach is stressed in the belief that the "real world" offers a unique learning opportunity, since it includes the "how" of living as well as the inquiry process of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Resources, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design