Teachers will use this edition, completely updated from the important 1997 publication, to make sound decisions about instructional programs and materials. They'll find a broad and balanced perspective for building a practice around the best possible evidence-based reading research. This new edition includes: Expanded core understandings with…

This paper explores the teaching of thinking through description and analysis of the infusion approach as exemplified in the work of Robert Swartz, David Perkins, and Sandra Parks. After consideration of a substantive contentious issue raised by the analysis, the logic of curriculum decision-making in relation to the choice of ways of teaching…

This paper describes "The Migration Method," a new technique for graphing a quadratic function (one of the major foundations of undergraduate mathematics) and finding its zeroes. The method promotes a higher degree of conceptualization, reinforces the concept of symmetry, encourages mental visualization, and strengthens the ability to…

This paper provides instructions for linking conceptual understandings using the Connections Matrix. The Connections Matrix and the process of connecting the curriculum works equally well with state-level learning objectives or outcomes. The intent of this process is to help educators see the overlap and connections between what teachers say they…

Scope and sequence in the mathematics curriculum need to be assessed regularly. Scope indicates what should be taught and becomes crucial in making curricular decisions. The first part of this paper answers how broad the scope should be in teaching mathematics. The standards to take into consideration when broadening the scope of the mathematics…

Authors stress the need of students to know more human beings and to know more about human beings; and they list several ideas for the study of current events. (GB)

Outlines an EFL program designed for French-speaking, non-specialist undergraduates in their fourth year of study in a European school of economics and business. (RL)

Paper presented to the Commission on Geography in Education, Quebec, Canada, August 1972. (DS)

Paper presented December 1972, Bangkok, Thailand. (RL)

To achieve relevancy in legal education, the author suggests changes in curriculum and teaching methods. (PG)

The teaching of mathematics today is undergoing a continuous process of change as new ideas and methods are filtered through the educational system. (CK)

Describes four one-term computer engineering courses conveying to the student an overall understanding of hardware, software, logic, computer systems and broad scope of computer technology. (IR)

The article describes a Humanities program in a Massachusetts Junior High School. (MF)