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De Witte, Kristof; Rogge, Nicky – Education Economics, 2016
The effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in terms of increasing students' educational attainments has been extensively studied for higher education students and in nonexperimental settings. This paper tests the effectiveness of PBL as an alternative instruction method in secondary education. In a controlled experiment at the class level,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Secondary Education, Educational Attainment, Teaching Methods
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Kent, David; Hedger, Keith – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1980
Experiences of two British secondary mathematics teachers as they try curricular and instructional innovations are related. Suggestions for the teaching of several topics and specific examples of student reaction to these topics are given. (MK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Experimental Curriculum, Mathematics Curriculum
McIntyre, D.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
This paper evaluates an experimental humanities program combining English and Social Studies materials in which students discussed topics of social concern. Grade distributions, teacher complaints, planned improvements, and responses to a student questionnaire are examined. A copy of the questionnaire is included. (DLG)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Humanities Instruction
Pettibone, Timothy J.; Petrosko, Joseph M. – 1970
An experiment was performed to test the effectiveness of a comparative approach of teaching world cultures to secondary school students. With the comparative approach, cross-cultural comparisons are employed rather than the traditional presentation of one culture at a time. It was hypothesized that students receiving a comparative curriculum would…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Kuebbeler, Gary L.
The purpose of the experimental curriculum is to give grade 11 and grade 12 students an understanding of the problems and decisions that face every businessman in starting and managing a business. Included in this manual are 15 lesson plans and a major student project. The project attempts to serve as a culminating activity for many of the topics…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration, Distributive Education, Experimental Curriculum
KITZHABER, ALBERT R. – 1967
THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER, WITH THE COOPERATION OF STAFF MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND TEACHERS FORM SEVEN SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON, HAS WRITTEN AND TESTED AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM IN ENGLISH FOR GRADES 7-12 FOR APPROXIMATELY THE UPPER 70 PERCENT OF STUDENTS. THE CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF EXPERIMENTAL TEXTBOOKS IN…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Experimental Curriculum, Grammar
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Public Instruction, Harrisburg. – 1967
TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CURRICULUM GUIDE TO BE USED AS THE BASIS FOR HUMANITIES COURSES, THE PENNSYLVANIA HUMANITIES COMMISSION ENCOURAGED VOLUNTARY AND SELF-DIRECTIVE PILOT STUDIES IN 10 SCHOOLS DURING 1965-66. CLASSROOM SESSIONS WERE OBSERVED AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, HUMANITIES TEACHERS, AND SMALL GROUP OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WERE…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
Johnstone, George R. – 1970
This final report is an assessment of an experimental class designed to determine whether students, grades nine through twelve with diverse backgrounds, could do field research on community problems. The course description and outline of the course define goals and methods of meeting these goals. Samples of materials used are included in the text…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Community Study, Course Content, Course Evaluation
Dean, Harvey R., Ed. – 1973
The teacher developed curriculum guide provides the industrial education teacher with the objectives, equipment lists, material, supplies, references, and activities necessary to teach students of the 9th and/or 10th grade the concepts of interrelationships between material analysis and processing systems. Career information and sociological…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Educational Equipment, Educational Media
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development. – 1976
Four modules of classroom strategies provide suggestions for examining U.S. history in light of contemporary issues. "The Right to Life" uses the Karen Anne Quinlan case as a model for exploring moral, legal, and medical issues related to euthanasia. Students discuss the reasoning and viewpoints of various groups associated with the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Experimental Curriculum
Fleming, W. G. – 1972
This volume, the sixth in a series of seven described in ED 063 225, provides a single source which spans the development of innovative education in Ontario. The present volume deals with innovative developments of many different kinds in the local school systems in years up to 1970. The major purpose is to show what may be expected from an…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Education, Curriculum Research, Decentralization
Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY. – 1969
This report of an experimental program, developed at the Jeffersontown High School in Louisville, Kentucky, describes 26 nongraded elective English courses which are divided into five ability-level phases. Phase 1 and 2 courses (for less advanced students) deal with such areas as developmental reading, vocational English, oral communication,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elective Courses
Dean, Harvey R., Ed. – 1973
The document is a guide to a 9th and 10th grade industrial education course investigating the total system of power--how man controls, converts, transmits, and uses energy; the rationale is that if one is to learn of the total system of industry, the subsystem of power must be investigated. The guide provides a "body of knowledge" chart…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Educational Equipment
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van Reeuwijk, Martin – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Reports part of the results of the Design, Development, and Assessment in Mathematics Education Project that tested the booklet on descriptive statistics called "Data Visualization" in six experimental algebra classes in Whitnall, Wisconsin. Describes examples of problems presented, use of cooperative learning during instruction, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Educational Change
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1976
Eight social studies programs in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, New York, and Virginia are described which offer high school students an opportunity to study the history of the United states using innovative, nontraditional approaches. The content of the eight courses is outlined and discussed in terms of objectives, teacher rationale in designing…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development