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Elliott, John D. – 1988
Instructional materials are usually selected by classroom teachers. Little is known about what criteria they use in making these choices. Most of the literature recommends, instead, the attributes to be used. This study employs a qualitative approach to examine one teacher's thinking about her selection of materials. Fundamental to her thinking…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Dyrli, Odvard Egil – Learning, 1981
During the late sixties and early seventies a new nontextbook, lab-centered approach was used in science instruction in elementary grades. With the arrival of the eighties, science curriculum has come full circle, and new science textbooks with corresponding curriculum guides are being adopted. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum
PDF pending restorationPennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1980
This booklet shows teachers and administrators how their school districts can use the Reading Authority List of the Reading Information System I (I-RIS), an analytic process for making decisions about language arts curriculum materials. Following an outline of I-RIS, pages of the Reading Authority List are accompanied by guidelines for using the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Download full textWelsh, James T. – 1971
This report has two major features. First it describes the Pennsylvania Retrieval of Information for Mathematics Education System (PRIMES). PRIMES is an information system in which curriculum materials are computer-stored and are retrieved to meet the specifications of local school districts. As of 1971 there are six regional centers which provide…
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Blackburn, Guy – 1974
A scale, summary sheet, and checklist provide a guide for selecting elementary social studies materials. The checklist is based on trends in social studies as found in professional literature and published social studies materials. It is appropriate for use by individual teachers, curriculum committees, or curriculum coordinators. Aimed at being a…
Descriptors: Bias, Check Lists, Conceptual Schemes, Cultural Influences
Eash, Maurice J.; Rasher, Sue Pinzur – 1978
This case study recounts the attempts of two school districts to improve decision making on the adoption of a new elementary social studies curriculum by using formal evaluation methodology. The study's main objective was to develop a series of criterion referenced (mastery level) tests from a list of social studies objectives to determine whether…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Course Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests
