This Solution-Finding Report provides references and information requested on the topic of inservice teachers finding it difficult to implement, or resisting, curricular innovation. Many of the citations in this bibliography also deal with ways to overcome these difficulties and this resistance. Solution-finding Reports are intended to provide a…

The purpose of this annotated bibliography was to inform an effort to create instruments that would yield indicators of the extent to which the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics or similar standards are implemented in classroom instruction. Reviewed here are instruments reflecting: coverage of classroom content, use of specific…

Task analysis is the process of identifying all things that individuals must accomplish to satisfactorily complete an activity or course of instruction. This bibliography lists task analysis documents related to curriculum or course development, or training program development. Five abstracting services were searched from their first publication…

Observes that women's contributions to instrumental music frequently have been overlooked. Explains that, although women have written and performed music for string instruments for centuries, much of their work has been lost. Discusses some of the leading women composers. Suggests means of integrating women's works into the curriculum. Offers a…

Notes that independent films are being effectively used in many curriculum areas. A resource list is included of books, pamphlets, and periodicals which provide in-depth coverage of the independent filmmaker's contributions. (CMV)

This paper provides a table that contains a summary of resources available that support the National High School Center's "Eight Elements of High School Improvement: A Mapping Framework". This framework is based on eight common elements of systemic school reform and provides a structure for understanding, aligning, and prioritizing…

Holmes, et al., in 1979 compiled a bibliography of behavioral science in undergraduate and graduate education. Since 1979, 75 additional studies of behavioral science in medical education have been identified. The current updated bibliography contains 200 entries. Reference sources used were foreign medical journals, Index Medicus, and…

Teachers are discovering that students want to understand the politics of the Vietnam War. Faced with the paucity of resources, some teachers developed their own instructional materials. A list of 27 books and videotapes on the Vietnam War is included. (MLF)

Research on the School Health Curriculum Project is analyzed, including research on instrumentation development as well as on research assessing project impact on health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of those students exposed to the project. (JMF)

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 16 annotations of documents and journal articles on curriculum planning and evaluation, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on curriculum development and objectives, community involvement in curriculum planning, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

Cites selected resources on teaching economics in the social studies classroom. Documents listed concern economics projects, activities and courses, software to aid economic instruction, economic education materials, and global economics instruction. (AEM)

This CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet focuses on learning communities, an exciting innovation in teaching and learning. The term learning communities is being used to refer to new processes for linking learners, especially a curricular restructuring approach that links or clusters classes around an interdisciplinary theme and that enrolls…

This bibliography provides a list of references for developing curriculum on women. References are grouped in seven sections which address: (1) introduction to women as a subject of study (4 references); (2) scholarship on women (7 references); (3) rethinking the disciplines (23 references); (4) pedagogy (20 references); (5) advice and experience…

Notes that English teachers have to do their part in teaching literary-cultural literacy, but they also have a responsibility to expose students to the wide range of literature that exists outside of the de facto Young Adult Literature perpetuated by school curricula. Presents annotations of 10 new or overlooked Young Adult books worth reading.…

This ERIC "FAST Bib" provides annotations of ERIC documents and journal articles that address the question of how to balance two opposing forces operating in today's schools, i.e., the forces of change and complacency, to establish an exemplary language arts curriculum that is a reality and not just a theoretical mirage. The 18…