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Download full textStrobridge, Robert; And Others – 1969
At Webster College, St. Louis, Missouri, the objective of the Webster Institute of Mathematics, Science, and the Arts (WIMSA) is to create curriculum materials for the lower schools in the fields of science, history, and music, and, concurrently, to devise a mode of teacher preparation aimed at producing teachers capable of handling such…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Elementary Education
Long, Barbara Ellis – 1971
An inservice teacher training program instituted for six teachers for the 1970-1971 school year introduced 185 sixth grade students to a curriculum in psychology based on experiential and inductive models of learning developed by the investigator. Two general hypotheses tested were: 1) that unselected classroom teachers can learn and comfortably…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Developmental Psychology, Educational Research
Greene, William Washington, Jr. – 1966
This study is the evaluation of the University of Georgia Anthropology Curriculum Project as related to Grades 1 and 4 during the school year 1964-65. The usability of instructional materials prepared by the Project on the Concept of Culture was studied. The STEP Social Studies Test was used in Grade 4; other achievement tests were developed and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Anthropology
Potterfield, James Edward – 1966
The problem of this study was to determine if there was any difference in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children's ability to learn the materials in an anthropology unit, "Concept of Culture," designed for the fourth grade and developed by the Anthropology Curriculum Project. Major emphasis of the unit was given to an understanding of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences
Fleming, W. G. – 1972
This volume, the sixth in a series of seven described in ED 063 225, provides a single source which spans the development of innovative education in Ontario. The present volume deals with innovative developments of many different kinds in the local school systems in years up to 1970. The major purpose is to show what may be expected from an…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Education, Curriculum Research, Decentralization
Ligon, Glynn; Holley, Freda – 1978
A two-year evaluation of an experience-based curriculum in bilingual education is described in parable style. The proposal for this research design was developed around the question of first-hand field experiences. A review of the first-year project revealed some of its weaknesses and reasons for poor results. For the second year, the public…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
