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Peer reviewedStubbs, Charles B. – School Arts, 1980
The author states his belief that art education is more than developing art products, and that as long as the art product is the goal, rather than the educating of the child through the visual arts concepts, the potential of this discipline as a tool for learning will remain diminished. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Art, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Heidelberg, Richard L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Warns against the dangers of allowing a student too much freedom in choosing his curriculum. (JF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Core Curriculum, Cultural Education, Curriculum
Download full textMerrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1985
This executive summary presents information on the design rationale, project coordination, and findings for the first year of the Technology Applications in Basic Skills project (TAES), which was administered by the Merrimack Education Center and designed to implement programs that use the computer and related technologies to increase student…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Kuykendall, Carol – 1976
Pressure exerted by parents, college instructors, and politically mandated accountability systems have forced English teachers to reevaluate the effectiveness of secondary school curriculums. The temptation to return to the rote-learning and grammar drills of the past, although accentuated by these demands, should not be yielded to. Real English…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Influence, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedDavis, Rodney E. – Business Education Forum, 1986
Recommendations for curriculum made in "The Unfinished Agenda" and recent national marketing education curriculum activities are discussed. A checklist for teachers to use to review their curricula as well as ideas for incorporating the development of basic skills into the marketing education curriculum are also presented. (CT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education Teachers, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1986
Based on the philosophy that language is central to learning, this booklet defines common curriculum goals for elementary and secondary schools that combine both general, essential learning skills and the common knowledge and skills that form a strong English language arts curriculum. The guide has two main sections: the receptive section focuses…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Armes, Nancy – 1984
This bulletin describes the Dallas Community College District's (DCCD's) efforts to develop a common learning core curriculum. Introductory material discusses the creation of Committees for Common Learning to decide on standards and requirements for all students who enroll in degree programs at any of the seven district colleges and to design an…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedRule, Sarah; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1990
Nine commonly occurring activities were identified in mainstreamed kindergarten and first grade classrooms, the necessary skills for participation were analyzed, and a curriculum was developed. Evaluation of the curriculum showed that 15 handicapped preschool children learned the necessary skills, even when the instructions, environment, and task…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Daily Living Skills
Fordham Univ., Bronx, NY. Inst. for Research and Evaluation. – 1971
Seven New York City urban education programs were evaluated under the direction of the state urban education coordinator, and the evaluation reports on those programs are included here. The seven programs are: Strengthening Basic Skills in the Junior High School, Reading Diagnostic Centers, Multi-Sensory Stations, Guidance Interim Class, Bilingual…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development
Shann, Mary H.; And Others – 1975
This document reports on the 1974-75 Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) evaluation investigating the cognitive and affective responses of USMES students to this interdisciplinary, process curriculum. It includes the results of a pre-post control group design to assess the curriculum's effects on students' basic skill…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Glau, Gregory R. – 1996
For many years, Arizona State University (ASU) allowed its basic writers into its standard English (ENG) 101 course, only after they took ENG 071, a remedial class offered by a local community college. However, it soon became obvious to English Department faculty that the remedial grammar-focused class was not giving this group of students the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedAlexander, Karl L.; Pallas, Aaron M. – American Journal of Education, 1984
Criticizes the "Five New Basics" proposal on the basis of the Educational Testing Service's Growth Study, which found that completion of core curriculum enhances test performance only if the student's course performance is very high. Concludes that the National Commission did not comprehensively evaluate current educational conditions…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Crandall, Kathleen Eilers; And Others – 1985
A national survey investigated curriculum processes in programs serving deaf students. The survey was part of a larger project undertaken by the Systematic Collaborative Outreach Project Effort (SCOPE). A representational sample of teachers (N=308) and administrators (N=47) from small, medium, and large day schools and from medium or large…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1986
This summary presents information on the design rationale, project coordination, and findings of the Technology Applications in Basic Skills project (TABS), which was administered by the Merrimack Education Center and designed to implement programs that use the computer and related technologies to increase student competencies in the basic skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Lavin, Richard – 1985
This report presents the design, organization, and findings of a federally funded project implemented in three Northeastern Massachusetts towns (Burlington, Lunenburg, and Tewksbury), which demonstrated the application of computer technology to school improvement, specifically in the areas of writing, problem solving, and research/study skills in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development
