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Subramaniam, Mega; Ahn, June; Waugh, Amanda; Druin, Allison – Knowledge Quest, 2012
Understanding how to better engage young students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is essential. The constraints of U.S. K-12 schools (e.g. insufficient institutional supports, lack of technology access, testing pressures, etc.) often make it difficult to create truly engaging STEM curricula with which students can deeply…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, School Libraries, STEM Education
Hassel, Bryan; Hassel, Emily – 1998
This guide is intended to help current and prospective charter school leaders decide whether and how to work with pre-existing "whole school designs." Such school designs range from those that cover one core element of school operations to designs covering almost every aspect of school operations. The guide contains initial information…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Moffett, James – 1981
Intended for content area teachers and faculty, this booklet provides a coherent program for building a school-wide composition curriculum. The first section contains an explanation of the program and its background, including sequence and classroom processes. The major portion of the booklet is divided into three groups of assignments. Group one…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Spiegel, Lisa A.; Richardson, Maurine V. – 1993
The use of peers has long been beneficial to students: especially useful are cross-age projects, where students in the elementary and secondary grades engage in a common unit featuring projects separate to each grade and whole group activities. Cross-age projects are workable with careful planning in advance among teacher and administrators.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Benton, Rudy – 1983
This compilation of learning activities, essays, songs, and poems provides a framework for reevaluating and reorganizing a conventional K-12 physical education curriculum. Over one hundred inexpensive items and equipment for use in physical education instruction are listed and a formula for movement is offered. The paper emphasizes the shift in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Integrated Activities
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Parks, Amanda; Pisapia, John – 1994
This research brief answers questions about the in-service training of teachers to use educational technology and offers models of exemplary programs in practice. Only 5% of the teaching force can be considered exemplary technology users, and it is recognized that becoming an accomplished integrator of technology into instruction is a complex and…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Getty Art History Information Program, Santa Monica, CA. – 1995
This booklet, distributed at a meeting, contains project descriptions from each participating organization and fact sheets on the Getty Art History Information Program's (AHIP's) initiatives. Held in conjunction with a national conference on transforming education with the arts, the discussion was conducted by representatives of many projects and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Background, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1995
Nine schools report in this document on the challenges, successes, and lessons they have experienced while setting up Family Centers and bringing health and social services into their schools. These schools are part of a professional network of urban schools begun and facilitated by the Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Involvement, Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education
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Illback, Robert J.; Kalafat, John – Special Services in the Schools, 1995
Provides an overview of initial evaluative findings from a central component of a statewide, large-scale educational reform initiative, the Kentucky Family Resource and Youth Service Centers. Describes goals and strategies of the evaluation, with discussion of particular challenges this program presents for educators. Provides summary of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Karpati, Andrea – Studies in Art Education, 1984
How Hungarian educators interrelate the arts in education is examined. To integrate aesthetic education, they use two teaching approaches: (1) linguistic integration, i.e., parallel exercises in music, visual arts, literature, and the sciences; and (2) cultural integration, which unites the histories of arts and sciences into one coherent account…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Comparative Education, Cultural Context
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Deal, Debby – School Science and Mathematics, 1994
Describes features and offerings of Project AIMS (Activities that Integrate Mathematics and Science) which relies on materials developed and written by teachers and uses inexpensive, easily acquired equipment and supplies. The focus is on hands-on mathematics and science. Includes a brief critique of the program. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Macro International, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1992
This compilation of 11 program descriptions examines effective uses of educational technology with students with special needs. Central Kitsap School District in Silverdale, Washington, developed "Strategy 2020" to restructure the delivery of instruction through extensive use of technology. Toms River (New Jersey) Regional School District has…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Media
Peters, Richard – 1984
A global approach to citizenship education, the Human and Environmental Learning Program (HELP), is presented in two sections--one emphasizing the student and the other the teacher. The philosophy and rationale for the program, which integrates environmental education, global studies, and social studies, are outlined. The objective is to expose…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Robey, Elaine, Ed. – 1992
A federally sponsored project explored educational practices, originating in diverse communities, in which teachers used educational technology in innovative ways to meet the needs of children with disabilities. This booklet describes projects at 11 sites around the United States. It presents a model for technology integration, emphasizes the need…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Computer Uses in Education
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), Tallahassee, FL. – 1992
The Sharing Success program, recognizes exemplary public school programs and practices in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Each year, SERVE emphasizes a specific program area for recognition based on one of the national goals for education. This "Sharing Success" publication…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education