When the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards project began, there really was nowhere else to go but up. The project was up against great odds--a dearth of funding, a history of incivility amongst the disciplines within social studies, a knack for ending up in media battles over what should be taught in…

This program guide for physical education program improvement and development is designed to offer options for organization, program content, resources, teaching methodologies, and evaluation, consistent with efforts of individualizing and humanizing education. Topics considered include: legal mandates and philosophy; public relations;…

The curriculum guide presents guidelines for planning and implementing a program in cooperative office education. Techniques include relating individual in-school instruction to individual job needs and career goals and to coordinate the student's education with actual work experience in an office in the community. A summary of Federal and State…

In a curriculum project designed to establish guidelines for teacher use in planning homemaking education, the choice of resource materials was based on the philosophy of home economics education, socioeconomic trends, and the developmental tasks of adolescence. A conceptual framework was formulated which served as a basis for the scope and…

Part of a series of industrial arts curriculum materials developed by the State of Louisiana, the tentative curriculum guide presents an outline for an introductory course on the construction industry. Designed for use at the middle school level, it is intended that through the performance of the suggested activities, student knowledge of work and…

The primary purpose of the study was to develop, test, revise, and publish instructional materials which would aid in the implementations of "The Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12". A major task was the development of illustrative instructional materials which would make the classroom teachers'…

The guide, most of which consists of appendixes, forms, and formats, is an introduction to the process of developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped, gifted, and talented children in the state of Pennsylvania. Instructional components of the IEP are discussed in terms of annual goals, short-term objectives, and determining…

This curriculum guide for developing musical behaviors in grades K-6 offers a model for moving the young child from basic knowledge attainments to higher levels of musical behavior. A procedure for developing and implementing course objectives is outlined. Concepts/skills to be acquired at given levels are provided to assist teachers and…

This article describes the steps of moving from state curriculum standards for writing to selecting and teaching a writing strategy to designing curriculum-based assessments in writing. The relationship between assessment and instruction is strengthened as educators monitor student progress in the state curriculum standards, make sound…

The major goal of the 3 1/2 year Federal project was to assist each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to develop preliminary State-tailored, home-school-community models/guides for developing and implementing improved and extended career guidance, counseling, and placement programs in local school districts. A national training…

One of a series designed to help Florida school districts provide special programs for exceptional children, the manual presents a training guide on interagency coordination for profoundly mentally handicapped students. Instructions are provided for conducting group sessions and extensive examples of handouts are furnished. Objectives are listed…

The guidelines for early childhood education programs in the State of Maryland are presented. The following topics are discussed: (1) the importance of early childhood education; (2) the goals of early childhood education; (3) family and community involvement in early childhood education; (4) factors to be considered in planning an early childhood…

This publication is one of a series designed to inform and assist those responsible for foreign language instruction, including teachers, administrators, supervisors, and those engaged in teacher education. The complete series serves as a curriculum guide. The format of the series is such that it can be revised so as to keep materials current.…

The guide is designed to help school district planners develop and implement suitable foreign language curricula. Focusing on programs in grades K-12, it provides an overview of current philosophies, objectives, methods, and materials in foreign language education; illustrates how these may be implemented in a sequential foreign language program…

This document is seen as a framework that presents suggestions for mathematics programs to fill the void left with the demise of "new math." The child is identified as the central figure in the educational scene. The material is in two major parts. The first part is a framework for mathematics as revised for 1975, and covers all grades.…