This research empirically tests collaborative course development (CCD)-a pedagogy presented in the 2016 "Marketing Education Review Special Issue on Teaching Innovations". A team of researchers taught experimental courses using CCD methods (employing various techniques including syllabus building, "flex-tures," free-choice…

This article analyses student-learning outcomes from the redesign of Introduction to Physical Geography 101. Among the purposes of the redesigned course were to enhance student learning by providing rich interactive online content, provide more meaningful instructor-student and peer-peer exchanges, and to promote attitudes that facilitate student…

Few studies deal with teachers' receptivity in the initiation stage of educational change, especially in a non-western cultural context like Mainland China. This study aims at investigating teachers' receptivity to the system-wide curriculum reform of the senior secondary education in the initiation stage and understanding the factors influencing…

Concern about poor mathematics achievement in U.S. schools has increased in recent years. In part, poor achievement may be attributed to a lack of attention to early instruction and missed opportunities to build on young children's early understanding of mathematics. This study examined the development and feasibility testing of a kindergarten…

Describes the design and advocacy of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz and Contemplative Studies curriculum at the University of Michigan School of Music. Considers issues, such as the structure of the curriculum, the reconciliation of contemplative studies and conventional notions of academic rigor, avoidance of possible conflicts between church…

Activity from July 1 through September 30, 1965 was concentrated on developing objectives for the instructional and guidance programs. The instructional objectives sought were statements of successful student performance which include the criteria of success and the conditions under which the performance is to take place. Criteria specified that…

After two years of experimental teaching and research in suburban high schools, the Cleveland area Human Relations Curriculum Program is being expanded to include the inner-city and elementary schools. In an attempt to increase man's ability to get along with his fellow man, it employs a multimedia approach including films, documentaries, news…

This report was prepared to aid New College in evaluating student attitudes toward the Fall 1970 "First Course," an introductory freshman course. The following findings were based upon the results of a questionnaire completed by 60 students present at the final examination of the course: (1) With the exception of main lectures, all other listed…

EDUCATIONAL THEORIZING IS A NEEDED ENDEAVOR IN THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROCESS. WHILE THEORIZING HAS OFTEN BEEN EQUATED WITH PHILOSOPHIZING, IT IS NOT THE WHOLE OF IT, SINCE PHILOSOPHY HAS OTHER TRADITIONS WHICH MAKE THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION A LEGITIMATE PART OF EDUCATIONAL THEORIZING. FOUR KINDS OF THEORIZING HAVE BEEN SORTED OUT--(1)…

Technical activity from April 1 through June 30, 1966 involving the development of performance measures used to assess student achievement in relation to instructional objectives are discussed. The major problems encountered in these activities are presented in these sections: General Curriculum Development, Development of Specific Learning Units,…

A program designed to test alternate schemes for providing legal education by changing content and methodology of courses. (HS)

This report describes the Experimental Schools Project (ESP) conducted by the Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma, Washington, under funding from the National Institute of Education. The ESP was a five-year program designed to provide the optimum learning environment for each student. Each of the district's 13 schools attempted, through…

From October 1 through December 31, 1965, activity was concentrated on the selection of a curriculum and the development of topic objectives within each course of study. The proposed curriculum outlined for grades 9 through 14 is based on meeting the four identified domains of specific vocational, general vocational, citizenship, and…