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Download full textReilly, Tarey – 1988
The role of the syllabus in second language teaching is described, distinguishing six major types of syllabi and how they might be implemented in various teaching situations. The foreign language teaching syllabus involves both the integration of subject matter (what to talk about) and linguistic matter (how to talk about it). Choices of syllabi…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Guidelines
Howe, Robert W.; Suydam, Marilyn N. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to mathematics. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their elementary mathematics programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, changing and supplementing…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
Helgeson, Stanley L.; And Others – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to mathematics. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their secondary mathematics programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, changing and supplementing…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Information Sources
Miller, Bruce – 1991
This ERIC digest reviews the history of the multigrade classroom, and summarizes research findings on multigrading effects on achievement and attitude. It also states requirements of teaching and learning in multigrade classrooms. Multigrade classrooms have ranged from the one-room schools of the early 1900s to the ungraded classroom of the 1960s…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Educational History
Howe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to the environment. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their environmental education programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, and supplementing instructional…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Elementary School Science
Helgeson, Stanley L.; Howe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to science. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their science programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, changing and supplementing instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Helgeson, Stanley L.; Howe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about student achievement, skills, and attitudes related to science. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their science programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, changing and supplementing instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Information Centers
Howe, Robert W.; Disinger, John F. – 1988
Research related to environmental education has consistently indicated that many students and young adults attribute a large amount of their knowledge of environmental concepts, problems, and issues to out-of-school (non-formal) educational settings and experiences. Data also indicate that students and young adults attribute much of their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Studies
