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Peer reviewedHurd, Paul DeHart – American Biology Teacher, 1979
Discusses the back-to-basics issue and how parents and biology educators respond to it. The reason for the back-to-basics issue and the determination of the basics in biology are also discussed. (HM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biology, Community Change, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedOates, Tim – Educational and Training Technology International, 1992
Focusing on the definition of skill transfer, this article examines the relationship between research work on transfer and various curriculum initiatives designed to promote it. Competing theories of transfer are explored, examples from medical and scientific education are described, and the National Council for Vocational Qualifications core…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTaylor, Ross – School Science and Mathematics, 1979
A discussion of the impetus for the back-to-basics movement, requisites for skill identification, evaluation of achievement in basic skills, curriculum, and staff development is presented. (MK)
Descriptors: Achievement, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHelmke, Lynn M.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1994
This article reviews a top down 11-step model for identifying critical life skills content, describes a high school science course incorporating a life skills orientation, and examines some considerations related to incorporating life skills content into the programs of students with special needs. (DB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Courses, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Cain, Edmund J.; And Others – 1981
These papers, delivered at the 1981 World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching, reflect the theme of the conference: provision of basic education for all persons, focusing particularly on policies and situations in developing nations. The 14 presentations were from nine nations: (1) "Curriculum Materials for Basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedZar-Kessler, Arnold – Science Teacher, 1982
Discusses how the science faculty at one rural Massachusetts school responded to the state mandate requiring basic competency testing for all students. The approach taken (includes unit on Connecticut River) does not call for major changes in science course format, only in broadening definition of the responsibilities of science teaching.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biology, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education
Download full textShann, Mary H.; And Others – 1975
This document reports on the 1974-75 Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) evaluation investigating the cognitive and affective responses of USMES students to this interdisciplinary, process curriculum. It includes the results of a pre-post control group design to assess the curriculum's effects on students' basic skill…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Lundell, Dana Britt, Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers on the history of developmental education includes: "Historical Perspectives: With Hindsight We Gain Foresight" (Normal Stahl); "Supporting the Research Mission" (David V. Taylor); "A Brief History of the American Council of Developmental Education Associations" (Hunter R. Boylan);…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Judy, Stephen N. – 1979
Offered as a guide for parents, community members, school boards, and administrators, as well as teachers, this book suggests that elementary reading and writing ability is not sufficient preparation for today's world and that literacy instruction cannot be improved without a drastic alteration in the methods most schools employ. Part one…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Lundell, Dana Britt, Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers includes: "Introduction: Why Should We Discuss 'Urban Literacy' in Developmental Education?" (Dana Britt Lundell and Jeanne L. Higbee); "History of the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy: 1996-2002" (Dana Britt Lundell); "The Traveling City: The Hudson's Store, Urban…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Basic Skills, Black Students, College Applicants
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1979
This publication lists skill expectations in ten curriculum areas for grades 1-9. Although intended to be used by educators in Michigan, the skill list can be used or adapted by educators in other states. The ten curriculum areas are: communication skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening); health education; mathematics; music; physical…
Descriptors: Art Education, Basic Skills, Career Education, Communication Skills
Ventouratos, Despina – 1993
This report evaluates Project Data-Tech, a New York City program that served 125 Haitian- and Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency and that was designed to improve the educational attainment of these minority children. Participating students received instruction in English as a second language; native language arts (NLA); the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development
Parler, Nettie P. – 1982
Techniques designed to improve basic competencies of minority students attending selected, historically black colleges are reviewed. The efforts to improve instruction in targeted subject areas have been implemented with the assistance of the Southern Regional Education Board. Attention is directed to: modification of curricula and instructional…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Black Colleges
