Chicago Public Schools made it a priority to make high-quality, grade-level instructional materials available to all teachers and students and provide effective curriculum-based professional learning to support successful implementation. During the early planning phase, several Chicago district leaders came across "The Elements: Transforming…

Like K-12 mathematics teachers, for whom effective instruction requires a full suite of pedagogical and mathematical knowledge and skills, Mathematics Teacher Educators (MTEs) also need a professional knowledge base to facilitate the development of future educators capable of supporting K-12 students' mathematical learning. In this paper, we…

The project described here was aimed at developing and evaluating a novel curriculum with corresponding instructional materials for middle school students on an introduction to Newtonian mechanics, based on physics education research findings. A case study showed that teachers who attended a half-day workshop on the curriculum subsequently enacted…

This paper reports on the process and findings of curriculum development towards a defensible EAP curriculum in the Department of Foreign Languages at Eskisehir Osmangazi University. In addition, it illustrates the evaluation of newly introduced innovations by the students. The study was designed as a curriculum development project which was based…

Past research has considered the reflective practices of the teacher as an important activity in the learning cycle. Some of it has introduced the term 'reflective teacher', showing that such practice has become increasingly important. This paper discusses literature related to various means of collecting feedback from students, the…

In 2007, the federal government appointed a group of education professionals, researchers, and stakeholders to study and advise on ways to "foster greater knowledge of an improved performance in mathematics among American students...with respect to the conduct, evaluation and effective use of the results of research relating to proven-effective…

With the emergence of instructional design the teacher as designer of instruction, rather than user, can make an unquestionable difference in what happens in classrooms. (Author/HB)

Reports the information gathered when 92 business communication students interviewed 94 business people about what should be covered in a teacher-developed business communication course manual. (RL)

The substance of this speech rests on the argument that, if educational change is to be accomplished, the place to begin is not with organizational change but rather with instructional change -- particularly in the area of individualized instruction. The author argues that, to make individualized instruction work, curriculum must be reorganized…

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which social studies teachers in Kansas and Missouri are familiar with and use the materials published by various social studies projects appropriate to high schools. (Author)

A study was conducted to develop systematic methods for improving computer assisted learning (CAL) materials by comparing five coursewares produced by independent authors and related to high school math, science, and engineering. An evaluation instrument for improving CAL materials was developed. (Author/CMV)