Saint Edmond's Academy is a small, independent, Catholic school in Wilmington, Delaware. Students in Grades 4 to 7 are falling below their peers in other independent schools on standardized tests in mathematics, specifically the Educational Advisory Company Comprehensive Testing Program assessment. Within the scope of this work, my goal was to…

As part of the endeavor to reposition itself in the open distance and e-learning arena, the University of South Africa (UNISA) has designed and developed six modular courses (one module per College) referred to as "Signature Courses". The focus of these modules is on a student-centred online teaching and learning approach; extensive…

Decatur High School in Federal Way, Washington, initiated Project 80, a long-range effort designed to individualize and improve the educational process by using research, technology, and scientific management systems to free teachers to personalize education for learners. Starting in 1969 a three year Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title…

The School Improvement Specialist Project prepared seven modules. School improvement specialists, as defined by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia, are change agents who work with schools to help them improve in the following areas so as to increase student achievement. These modules are intended to provide training materials for…

The intended, perceived, implemented, and achieved curriculum of high school biology classes in Israel was studied using a variety of data sources and research methodologies. The intended curriculum was identified by analysis of commonly used laboratory manuals. The perceived curriculum was captured by procuring the views of teachers and students…

Northern Virginia Community College began utilizing a Time-Shared Interactive Computer-Controlled Information by Television (TICCIT) system in 1974 to present the entire course material for English 110 (College Grammar), Math 06 and 07 (Basic Algebra I and II), portions of English 111 (English Composition), and Math 182 and 183. Findings by the…

This paper describes the evaluation of three curriculum models to teach technology. The three modules present technology as a design process involving problem identification and analysis; generation and evaluation of alternative solutions; planning and construction of models; and trialing, modification and evaluation. Participating pupil's…

The program evaluated was developed to assist teachers in providing students with opportunities to become successful users of content materials through the installation and reinforcement of independent study skills. Lessons using high interest items in social studies content with emphasis on improving cognitive processes were designed for…

To implement a single skills lab and develop or select twenty-five units for instruction in the secretarial science curriculum at Elgin Community College (Illinois), a task analysis was conducted to determine common tasks completed by area office personnel. This information was then used to select and develop instructional units for the single…

One of five modules in the curriculum development series of the 16-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists, this module is intended for use in classes or individual study arrangements at the preservice or inservice level by students with varying amounts of experience in vocational education. (These modules are…