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Nicholas Alan Lytle – ProQuest LLC, 2020
It is becoming increasingly necessary for every child to have experience with 21st century Computational Thinking (CT) skills including learning to program. Considerable efforts have been made within the last two decades including the development and widespread use of novice-friendly block-based programming environments such as Scratch and Snap!…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design, 21st Century Skills
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Valencia, Sheila W.; Wixson, Karen K.; Pearson, P. David – Elementary School Journal, 2014
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts have prompted enormous attention to issues of text complexity. The purpose of this article is to put text complexity in perspective by moving from a primary focus on the text itself to a focus on the comprehension of complex text. We argue that a focus on comprehension is at the heart of…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, State Standards, English Instruction, Language Arts
Stotsky, Sandra – Heritage Foundation, 2012
Since coming to office, the Obama Administration has been intent on standardizing what is taught at each grade level in all of the nation's schools. It has used its flagship "Race to the Top" competitive grant program to entice states to adopt the K-12 standards developed by a joint project of the National Governors Association (NGA) and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Quality, College Readiness, State Standards
Aspen Institute, 2012
What is meant by text complexity is a measurement of how challenging a particular text is to read. There are a myriad of different ways of explaining what makes text challenging to read, from the sophistication of the vocabulary employed to the length of its sentences to even measurements of how the text as a whole coheres. Research shows that no…
Descriptors: State Standards, Predictor Variables, Reading Ability, College Readiness
Haskins, Ron; Murnane, Richard; Sawhill, Isabel; Snow, Catherine – Brookings Institution, 2012
Good jobs in the nation's twenty-first-century economy require advanced literacy skills such as categorizing, evaluating, and drawing conclusions from written texts. The adoption of the Common Core State Standards by nearly all the states, combined with tough literacy assessments that are now in the offing, will soon reveal that literacy skills of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Difficulty Level
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Boyd, J. A.; Mollica, Anthony – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
This is an annotated bibliography of: readers, workbooks, conversation books, cultural sources and readings, flash cards, duplicating or line masters, and media kits submitted by publishers as applicable to French second language instruction from kindergarten through senior high school levels. (MSE)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Core Curriculum
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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1994
The guide describes North Carolina's standard course of study in modern languages for grades K-12 and corresponding instructional guidelines. The first part is organized in six chapters: purpose, overview, and rationale for the standard course of study; intended program outcomes; the interrelationship of proficiency, grammar, vocabulary, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Core Curriculum, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education