Math experts developed Formative Assessment Lessons that teachers can incorporate throughout the year's curriculum. Both tools target the "instructional core." A study by Research for Action (RFA) examining the first year of piloting the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Math Design Collaborative (MDC) tools (2010-11) found…

The purpose of this study was to determine specific knowledge and skills that students need to be successful in higher education in the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Education has created the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards which K-12 institutions must utilize as a foundation for their respective curricula.…

This study was conducted during the academic year 2002-2003 in a municipality in Eastern Finland. It focuses on pre-school education assessing its quality factors from the parents', teachers' and children's points of view. Theoretically, the study focuses on analyses of the purposes of the national core curriculum and pedagogical issues that are…

This article is the fifth in a yearlong series by the public policy department that will more closely examine the recommendations made in ACTE's high school reform position statement. The fifth recommendation in ACTE's high school reform position statement is to create incentives for students to pursue the core curriculum in an interest-based…

The Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) Online High School (OHS) is a three-year, diploma granting, online independent high school for gifted students. The mission statement reads as follows: "Through advanced technology, rigorous courses, and the resources of Stanford University, the Online High School affords gifted students everywhere an…

Throughout the hundred years history of education for librarianship some issues have been discussed again and again without agreement being reached. A number of these are quite central to the problem of education for a profession: the desirability (or otherwise) of professional schools; the control of education by professional bodies; theory vs.…

The core courses in the library school curricula of several universities are surveyed and the new core course developed at Drexel University is described. (PF)

The methods of instruction used for the course in fundamentals of library science at Drexel University Graduate School of Library Science are described. (PF)

Fairleigh Dickinson University developed a University Core Curriculum which it initiated in the 1987-1988 academic year (the pilot program was operational in the fall 1986 semester). The University Core is composed of four 3-credit liberal education courses: "Perspectives on the Individual," which deals with works ranging from Plato's "Crito" to…

A CURRICULUM DESIGN WHICH APPEARS APPROPRIATE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS IS DESCRIBED. BECAUSE OF RAPID CHANGE AND HIGHLY VARIABLE INDIVIDUAL GROWTH PATTERNS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THE MOST DIVERSE STUDENT BODY OF ANY SCHOOL UNIT. VARIED THOUGH THE STUDENTS MAY BE, DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS AT THIS AGE INCLUDE ACHIEVING SELF-UNDERSTANDING TO REACH A…

THE RESULTS OF TWO CONFERENCES THAT CONSIDERED A COMMON CORE OF LEARNINGS FOR COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY MAJORS ARE REPORTED. AT THE FIRST CONFERENCE DURING FEBRUARY 1964, EIGHT UNIVERSITIES WERE REPRESENTED. IT IS REPORTED THAT ALL INSTITUTIONS HAVE INAUGURATED CORE PROGRAMS WHICH ATTEMPT TO TREAT THE WHOLE SPAN OF BIOLOGY FOR BEGINNING…

The author proposes a new business core curriculum to overcome current criticisms of postsecondary business education. The objectives outlined are development of professional attitudes, communication skills, and leadership potential. (CH)

Describes a media studies program that allows undergraduates to develop a speciality (such as broadcast sales) within a liberal arts program and communications core curriculum. (PD)

To overcome the fragmentation of secondary school curricula, the authors argue for a core curriculum of cluster courses, allowing students to acquire required skills and pattern their options. They suggest clusters in languages, business, histroy, art, home economics, and industrial education, alternating through four years of the curriculum. (JW)