Is the Certificate of Extended Education the real answer to the needs of "the new sixth"? Author writes on behalf of a group of English teachers who believe it offers a major opportunity for curriculum development. (Editor/RK)

The Classics Department of Camden School reacts enthusiastically about their experiences with the Cambridge Latin Course. (RL)

The anthropology materials, designed for ninth and tenth grade students and focusing on understanding of human behavior through acquisition of scientific investigation, are assessed. (SM)

Exploring a technique for acquiring qualitative data from standardized instruments and using them in formative evaluation of new cirricula, this article discusses assets and limitations of the qualitative analysis technique as applied to a grade 10 science course. (JC)

This paper attempts to provide a model that allows for individual evaluators to frame specific evaluation items based on a common set of beliefs (a philosophy) regarding the secondary school program for marketing and distributive education. It describes Popham's procedure for the development of domain specifications that frame the philosophical…

Metro Newsbeat is a laboratory course for junior and senior high school students and teacher-advisers with a special interest in the field of journalism. The project is operated by the Minneapolis Public Schools in cooperation with the Minneapolis Star. Newsbeat students receive English elective credits, if needed. Project director and primary…

Based on a deductive approach, this evaluated k-12 social studies sequential program focuses on conceptual understandings in anthropology. (SM)

Six paperback economic units intended for grade 12 high school students and junior college students which focus on knowledge, skill, and value objectives are assessed. The course strategy integrates a variety of inquiry learning modes and programed instruction techniques. (SM)

Program descriptions and evaluations are provided for three major sets of sociology materials for secondary grades: Inquires in Sociology, Episodes in Social Inquiry, and Readings in Sociology. (SM)

Two major programs that emphasize the learning process, The Intergroup Relations Curriculum for K-6 pupils, and the High School Social Studies Program are analyzed. (SM)

The elementary unit kits, interdisciplinary and self contained learning systems comprised of a variety of learning activities and media which approach a social studies topic through a method of inquiry, are examined. (SM)

The interdisciplinary social studies materials for sequential use in grades nine through twelve and designed to help each student develop into an independent thinker and a responsible citizen are assessed. Most class activities are organized around directed discussion working toward the objectives of inquiry skills, knowledge, values, and…

This article evaluates a project with an inquiry-based methodology in which high school students experience and attempt to solve the same type of urban problems faced by professional geographers. (SM)

This article evaluates law instruction materials that can be combined in an interdisciplinary way in the hope that secondary students will be thoroughtly familiar with the law and, therefore, resist injustice. By using an inquiry approach into case studies students delve into controversial social problems that exist in urban America. (SM)

Interdisciplinary social studies units for grades k-12 are analyzed. Inquiry is the dominant teaching strategy in the materials but emphasis is also on concept teaching.