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The Writing on the Wall: Classroom Context, Curriculum Implementation, and Student Learning in Integrated, Community-Based Science Projects
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Venville, Grady; Sheffield, Rachel; Rennie, Leonie J.; Wallace, John – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
In this study we examined curriculum integration in new ways by exploring the link between classroom context, the implementation of community-based, integrated science projects, and the subsequent student learning. The literature is inconsistent regarding the benefits of an integrated approach to curriculum. The research design was a multiple case…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Context Effect, Ecology, Interdisciplinary Approach
Integrating Instruction of Science, Reading, and Writing: Goals, Teacher Development, and Assessment.
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Gaskins, Irene W; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994
Describes the interplay of goals, teacher development, and assessment in the context of a yearlong research and development project designed to integrate the teaching of science, reading, and writing processes in a conceptually based, constructivist curriculum for middle school students who read below grade level. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Evaluation, Faculty Development, Integrated Curriculum