In this article, we describe a large-scale living learning community (LLC) for undergraduate students of any major or background. Our students are united by a desire to learn data science skills and to apply those skills in a specific academic discipline or a corporate partner project. We provide explanations of why an LLC is beneficial; the…

This report explains the key role that school librarians and libraries should play in state- and district-wide efforts to transition to digital learning, or the effective use of technology to improve teaching and learning. The report calls for district and school leaders, policymakers, and boards of education to support, encourage, and fund the…

Proper understanding of scaling and large-scale hydrologic processes is often not explicitly incorporated in the teaching curriculum. This makes it difficult for students to connect the effect of small scale processes and properties (like soil texture and structure, aggregation, shrinkage, and cracking) on large scale hydrologic responses (like…

This resource guide is designed to provide a starting place for planning and implementing programs in arts education. A short introductory section outlines the publication's purpose and describes sponsoring organizations. A section entitled "Program Planning for Arts Education" is divided into four subsections which provide a rationale…

This report summarizes the activities of "Indiana and the New Nation," a 2-year educational program for 30 Indiana teachers. The program sought to enrich participant knowledge and understanding of U.S. history; to find the means of using local historical resources to explore major themes in U.S. and European history; to find ways of…

Eight teams of Indiana secondary school librarians and social studies teachers participating in a 5-week workshop produced summaries of curriculum units and teaching aids to be used in their schools during 1981-82. Designed to maximize the use of available library resources, the cooperative projects are reported to serve as a stimulus and a guide…

Curriculum change and the dynamics of this change were explored by means of a case study of secondary social studies, science, and vocational education curriculums in Gary, Indiana, between 1940 and 1970. The time period is characterized by both unprecedented effort to produce change and slow change in the schools. The study asked how this could…

Eleven teams of Indiana secondary school librarians and English teachers participating in a 5-week workshop produced summaries of curriculum units and teaching aids to be used in their schools during 1981-82. Designed to maximize the use of available library resources, these cooperative projects are reported to serve as a stimulus to the…

Examines National Science Education Standards related to program consistency, curriculum, mathematics and science integration, resources, schools as learning communities, and equity and excellence. The paper also discusses the standards being developed by the Indiana Professional Standards Board for teacher preparation. (SM)

The Learning and Teaching about Japan Project was begun in Indiana in 1987. Since that time, it has involved 16 school corporations in an ongoing program to internationalize the K-12 curriculum and implement Japanese language programs in the schools. This guide has been developed as a record of the activities conducted by the 16 participating…

This report summarizes a panel discussion among five college administrators who have initiated or taken part in restructuring efforts in their states: Herman Blake, vice chancellor for undergraduate education at Indiana University-Purdue University; Ronald Carrier, president of James Madison University (Virginia); Gordon Davies, director of the…

To meet the needs of distributive education teachers and students, a project was initiated to develop competency-based curriculum models for marketing and distributive education clusters. The models which were developed incorporate competencies, materials and resources, teaching methodologies/learning activities, and evaluative criteria for the…

The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…

Curriculum change and the dynamics of this change were explored by means of a case study of secondary social studies, science, and vocational education curriculums in Gary, Indiana, between 1940 and 1970. The time period is characterized by both unprecedented effort to produce change and slow change in schools. Talcott Parson's hierarchy of…

The Indiana Commission on Vocational and Technical Education consists of 11 Indiana citizens appointed by the governor. The commission makes recommendations to the state's budget committee concerning the appropriation of state funds and the allocation of federal funds for vocational education. The commission has identified eight statewide thrusts…