At the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary, content-based curriculum development and dissemination of materials for teaching gifted and high-ability learners has always been central to the mission. For over three decades, curriculum materials have been developed using Joyce VanTassel-Baska's Integrated Curriculum Model (ICM) and…

The science of reading movement has done much to improve instruction in foundational skills. But that hard-won progress may be reversed unless we also help children acquire the knowledge and vocabulary they need to understand complex text. At the same time, the science of learning movement has introduced many educators to evidence-based teaching…

Teachers play a critical role in deciding what curricula are used in their classrooms. We examine the factors that teachers describe as influencing their sustainment or discontinuation of a literacy curriculum, "Zoology One," following their participation in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining the curriculum's efficacy. This…

Many studies have investigated students' attitudes toward engineering (ATE), but few have examined the changes in attitudes after attending an engineering design curriculum. This study analyzes these attitudinal changes in students attending an engineering-focused science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (EF-STEM) curriculum and…

Purpose: Despite a growing awareness of the gap between professional expectations and competence, there has been no comprehensive appraisal of sustainable food systems (SFS) education within dietetics and nutrition programs to date. Dietitians and nutritionists play important roles in promoting sustainability yet many perceive themselves to be…

Background/purpose: This study evaluates the implementation and impact of the Merdeka Curriculum in music education at SMP Negeri 1 Padangpanjang, focusing on fostering creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration through a flexible and experiential approach. The curriculum faces challenges, including limited teacher training and inadequate…

The heart can care but be misled by fine sounding words that obscure harms. Discovering harms is often hard work, for example determining exactly what outcomes clients experience in agencies and how to improve these, what avoidable errors social work educators and practitioners make and how to minimize these, what students actually learn and use…

Despite its many benefits, curriculum review has yet to become a widespread practice in many areas of higher education. Previous research suggests that this is because of a lack of faculty time and expertise to conduct curriculum reviews independently. As such, this action research study builds on the existing literature to explore the utility of…

The present pilot study aimed to develop, implement, and evaluate an escape room game for oncologic emergencies. This quasi-experimental pilot study was developed and evaluated by teachers for an oncology nursing course. A total of 76 nursing students ?participated in the study. After completing the game, students were given access to the data…

This research aimed to develop a supervision model to promote curriculum administration that emphasized learner competency in schools under the Office of Primary Educational Service Area, using the Research and Development (R&D) methodology. The study consisted of two phases. The first phase investigated the current and desired status and the…

This study investigates the asymmetric effects of quality attributes on student satisfaction in Korean higher education. Using Penalty-Reward-Contrast and Asymmetric Impact-Performance Analysis, it classifies attributes into basic (major and liberal arts curriculum, non-curricular courses, educational environment), one-dimensional (administrative…

This study aims to examine the evolution and transformation of instructional methods in Turkish Language Curricula between 1926 and 2024. Utilizing a qualitative research design within the framework of the document analysis method, the study analyzes primary and secondary level Turkish language curricula published in the years 1926, 1929, 1930,…

This study aims to develop a curriculum to enhance the design thinking of art and design students in higher vocational education in Guangzhou, China, and assess the effectiveness of its implementation. Collected data using the Design Thinking Scale (DTLS). A total of 31 participants came from majoring in art and design at a higher vocational…

This developmental research aimed to examine the challenges in learning intravenous fluid administration and to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a learning media in the form of an application for nursing students. The ADDIE Model framework was employed, comprising five steps: 1) Analysis, 2) Design, 3) Development, 4) Implementation, and…

Purpose: Australian physiotherapy programs incorporate work-integrated learning within curriculum, with the aim to produce work-ready graduates. Recent research in physiotherapy has identified six domains of work readiness. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between university performance, paid work and work readiness, and…