Collaboration is an underused teaching strategy despite its benefits and the call for curriculums worldwide to increase its use. To aid in discovering why the strategy is underused, more information was needed about the implementation of collaboration in the mathematics classroom. The purpose of this study was to investigate mathematics teachers'…

When the nation shut down in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, states had to figure out what education would look like for the remainder of the academic year. These abrupt changes affected not only students' ability to learn but also their access to the support system that would help prepare them for steps beyond high school. This Policy…

Founded in 1966 as the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Education Northwest works alongside educators, administrators, policymakers, and community members to transform teaching and learning. In the Northwest, educational priorities remain focused on closing the achievement gap. Through analysis of client requests, student assessment…

A study of the learning activities of 43 beginning secondary school teachers in Oregon provides information about how and to what extent these teachers supplemented academic training with practical knowledge. Types of learning experiences, time spent on them, and teachers' opinions about their worth are discussed. (PP)

This curriculum package was developed to be used as a guide for high school vocational agriculture teachers in Oregon preparing a curriculum to meet local community/regional needs. A second goal of this curriculum is to eliminate sex-bias or sex-role stereotyping in vocational agriculture classes. The curriculum contains 20 units. Topics covered…

Experiential, or experience-based, learning programs can range from subjecting the products of student learning to judgment by adults to placing students in the community where standards are set by adults, students learn to negotiate on their own, and individual experiences are followed by reflection and debriefing. A number of benefits in the…

This curriculum guide on textiles and clothing is one of a set of five Oregon goal-based home economics curriculum guides. Provided in this guide are the following: one suggested district goal (students will be able to make textile and clothing decisions which meet individual and family needs); four suggested program goals (e.g., the student will…

This curriculum guide on human development and the family is one of a set of five Oregon goal-based home economics curriculum guides. Provided in this guide are the following: one suggested district goal (students will be able to incorporate the concepts of human development and family living into relationships with adults, peers, and children…

A foreign language teacher describes her simple and inexpensive strategy for recruitment and publicity to build a strong foreign language program in the Crook County, Oregon, schools. Inexpensive methods of acquiring and developing instructional materials are also described. (SW)

This curriculum guide on individual and family resource management is one of a set of five Oregon goal-based home economics curriculum guides. Provided in this guide are the following: one suggested district goal (students will be able to make rational decisions in managing personal and family resources), six suggested program goals (e.g., the…

Teaching history with original documents is a stimulus for the inquiry method of learning. A curriculum packet produced by the Oregon State Archives contains 24 historical document facsimiles with an accompanying instructors manual. Selected from the state archives with an explanation of each document and questions for discussion provided, the…

The final report of the program M.U.S.I.C. (Music--Utilizing Students Investigating Careers) and the music career guide which resulted are presented. The program supplied information regarding careers in and related to music to groups ranging in size from 25 to 100 students, grades 7-9, involved in band and orchestra programs at Cedar Park…

The experience-based career education program was intended to have students participate in a variety of individualized activities designed to provide meaningful learning experiences in basic skills, life skills, and career development. Approximately 50 high school juniors and seniors participated in the project on a full-day basis, dividing their…

The Employer-Based Career Education Program in Tigard, Oregon was designed to have students participate in a variety of individualized learning activities. Most of the 29 students completed eight employer site explorations, spent 108 days in learning experiences on three employer sites, completed seven projects and five single objectives, were…

Developed by experienced migrant education teachers using several Sight and Sound Program concepts, this volume presents approximately 120 predrafted individual short-term Plan/Records for secondary level students in the subject area of United States history, and step-by-step directions for their use by Oregon resource teachers, secondary…