In June 2010, the National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers published "Common Core State Standards" (CCSS) for K-12 mathematics. Forty-eight states collaborated in the development of CCSS and, to date, 34 states have officially adopted CCSS to replace existing state standards. CCSS presents an opportunity for…

Educative curriculum materials--materials designed to promote both teacher and student learning--may help novice teachers learn how to engage in productive curricular planning. However, little is known about how educative supports within these materials should be written to best support teachers. This quasi-experimental study examines the…

A distributed online curriculum and courseware development model (DONC[superscript 2]) is developed and tested in this study. Courseware development teams which may work in different institutions who need to develop high quality, reduced cost, on time products will be the users of DONC[superscript 2]. The related features from the disciplines of…

Academics preparing students for experiential placements within professional programs require considerable curriculum planning and pedagogical expertise. Communities of practice involving workshops and online processes provide opportunities for collaborative work in developing quality curriculum materials and also in supporting widespread…

Instructional materials development in agricultural education is part of the role of the faculty in the Agricultural Education Program Area at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The bases for instructional materials development must relate to the curriculum. Curriculum development is a moving circular process involving horizontal…

This article describes an approach to developing student reading materials that support middle school learners in a project-based, inquiry curriculum for grades 6 through 8. Reading materials are designed to encourage sense making beyond the classroom, as students read and write about science as it takes place in a classroom and as it occurs in…

In this article the author attempts to sketch a more broadly conceived behavioral approach which places a priority on the higher humanistic behaviors and subsumes the smaller instrumental abilities under them." (Author/AK)

Technology educators do not have the time, energy, or resources to develop state-of-the-art curriculum changes and should work with commercial vendors to produce the best curricula. (JOW)

Author details his approach to instructional development--contracting with a subject matter specialist for a specific instructional package. (Author)

A discussion of whether pilot testing or a panel review is the most effective way to evaluate curriculum materials. (HB)

Author discusses the problems of attempting a student materials production program. (Author)

Additional insight into the High School Geography Project (HSGP) is provided by this retrospective view of the critical decisions which influenced its nature and scope. A commitment was made to materials at the expense of teacher education and other changes in the educational system. Successive choices focused on a complete but frugal package of…