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Rachael Jefferson; Lee Sullivan; Simon Board – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2025
Physical education can be a subject that students find challenging when they are given little autonomy. This article explores two high school case studies, in the UK and Australia respectively, where students were given a great deal of choice over their learning and assessment journeys. In the UK case study, a Sport England survey was used with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Student Empowerment, Physical Education Teachers
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Young, Karen; Palmer, Stuart; Campbell, Malcolm – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2017
In response to government, industry, student and central University calls for initiatives to enhance graduate employability as a means for improved employment outcomes, a faculty within an Australian university formulated a five-year Work Integrated Learning (WIL) strategy (2015-2019). The Faculty goal was to re-new, develop, implement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Capacity Building, Curriculum Design
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Hu, Meng-Lei I-Chen Monica; Horng, Jeou-Shyan; Teng, Chih-Ching – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2016
The present study designs and develops an innovative culinary competency curriculum (ICCC) model comprising seven sections: innovative culture, aesthetics, techniques, service, product, management, and creativity. The model is formulated based on culinary concept, creativity, innovation, and competency theory. The four elements of curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Instructional Innovation, Undergraduate Students
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Schlichting, Kathleen; Fox, Kathy R. – Teaching Education, 2015
It is often challenging for teacher educators to design an authentic Capstone Experience at the graduate level that aligns with what research tells us about the value of authentic assessment and the power of reflection in student's learning and professional growth. This article introduces an innovative form of assessment for graduate students that…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Curriculum Development, Student Experience, Teacher Education Programs
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Ratliff, Clancy – Composition Forum, 2013
This profile describes a new WPA's choice to work incrementally to assess an inherited, fledgling First-Year Writing curriculum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and change it over a three-year period with continual stakeholder involvement. The methods used for assessment were two rounds of instructor surveys and three rounds of direct…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Curriculum Design, Freshman Composition, Local History
Womack, Sid T.; Pepper, Stephanie; Hanna, Shellie L.; Bell, Columbus David – Online Submission, 2015
In a previous study with 130 undergraduate teacher candidates from all licensure levels, data on candidate effectiveness were examined using factor analysis. Four factors were found in effective teaching, those being lesson planning, teacher and student reflection, safe school environment, and teacher professionalism. The present study followed…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Best Practices, Instructional Effectiveness, Curriculum Design
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Teodorescu, Raluca E.; Bennhold, Cornelius; Feldman, Gerald; Medsker, Larry – European Journal of Physics Education, 2014
We present the most recent steps undertaken to reform the introductory algebra-based course at The George Washington University. The reform sought to help students improve their problem-solving performance. Our pedagogy relies on didactic constructs such as the" GW-ACCESS problem-solving protocol," "instructional sequences" and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Fenwick, Lisl – Curriculum Inquiry, 2012
This study presents an analysis of the consequences for students when performance assessment and differentiation practices are combined, as part of attempts to increase minimum standards within upper-secondary schooling. Recent standards-based curriculum reform in Australia demonstrates how a focus on minimum levels of achievement can limit the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Academic Standards, Educational Change
College Board, 2013
This report presents research findings for Advanced Placement (AP) student success at the college level. Strong AP programs in high schools, coupled with strong AP policies at colleges, support many positive outcomes for students. Multiple research studies have confirmed that AP students who earn credit and advanced placement for the corresponding…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Preparation
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Amer, T. S.; Mohrweis, Lawrence C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This study describes the multifaceted components of an assessment process. The paper explains a novel approach in which an advisory council participated in a "fun," hands-on activity to rank-order learning outcomes. The top ranked learning competency, as identified by the advisory council, was the need for students to gain a better…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Outcome Measures, Minimum Competency Testing
Boboc, Marius; Nordgren, R. D. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
Practical and engaging, this book contains 21 case studies that help students apply curriculum theory to classroom reality. Each case is authored by an in-service teacher, reflecting on ways to improve instruction by making changes to various aspects of the curriculum. These real-life examples investigate up-to-date curricular issues ranging from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, School Activities, Curriculum Implementation
Erickson, H. Lynn – 1995
This book examines the current trends in K-12 curriculum and instruction. It shows how the trends interrelate and provides a higher order, comprehensive model for curriculum reform. The model is based on critical, content-based concepts. Chapter 1 describes the complexity of the change process and illustrates dilemmas encountered in school-based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
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Alvoid, Lee – Gifted Child Today, 2002
This article examines how a state, a district, and a local school in Texas are making steps toward meeting the first recommendation (setting challenging curricular standards) of the 1993 national report "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent". Specific performance standards for students are listed and standard…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Grady, Joan B. – 1994
Interdisciplinary curriculum is a methodology that can help students gain the necessary content knowledge to support the following basic skills: (1) using language well and thoughtfully; (2) thinking through a problem and experimenting with solutions; (3) understanding scientific and technological ideas and using tools; (4) using imagination; (5)…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Iannozzi, Maria – 1997
This report describes efforts by Alverno College (Wisconsin) to reform the traditional liberal arts curriculum and redefine the relevance of women's colleges. Beginning in the early 1970s, the college began to refocus student learning by integrating ability development and performance-based knowledge. Faculty and staff redefined the curriculum,…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
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