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Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Ellen; And Others – Language Arts, 1996
Reports on a study of 10 primary grade teachers in four multi-age classrooms (formed in response to a Kentucky state mandate to implement non-graded, multi-age, primary programs for children ages 5-9). Examines what teachers did to make language arts instruction work, and their continuing efforts and struggles to meet the needs of a wide variety…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Language Arts, Multigraded Classes, Primary Education
Download full textKentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1994
Providing help to teachers and schools attempting to achieve the vision of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) which shifts the focus of instruction to student use and application of knowledge, this paper presents a sample course outline as a starting point for course development. The paper begins with one example of a course description…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Educational Change
Bridge, Connie A.; And Others – 1995
A study examined whether Kentucky primary teachers were adopting the changes in literacy instruction recommended in the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA/1990) which, in part, encouraged the use of whole language and integrated reading/language arts approaches and the teaching of writing as a process. The study employed direct classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Change, Integrated Activities, Language Arts
Jones, Deneese L.; And Others – 1994
Traditional assessments in university courses led students to seek goals that current research reports as unacceptable since success had been based on knowledge acquisition rather than performance or ability to use this information in authentic situations. Assessment must require the performance of exemplary tasks. The purpose of this project was…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods
Callahan, Susan – 1996
In 1989, the Kentucky Supreme Court determined that the state's public school system was unconstitutional and called for the General Assembly to "recreate and re-establish a new system of common schools." A new system of accountability in language arts departments required portfolio assessment that was both objective and strictly…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Ethics, Ethnography, High Schools
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1994
Providing help to teachers and schools attempting to achieve the vision of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) which shifts the focus of instruction to student use and application of knowledge, this paper presents a sample course outline as a starting point for course development. The paper begins with one example of a course description…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1994
Providing help to teachers and schools attempting to achieve the vision of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) which shifts the focus of instruction to student use and application of knowledge, this paper presents a sample course outline as a starting point for course development. The paper begins with one example of a course description…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
