This essay contains some reflections and questions arising from encounters with the text of Euclid's Elements. The reflections arise out of the teaching of a course in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry to undergraduates. It is concluded that teachers of such courses should read Euclid and ask questions, then teach a course on Euclid and later…

This publication provides a list of history standards and benchmarks embodying content that is highly valued nationally and in the Central Region states (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming). It is intended to assist curriculum directors, social studies coordinators, and others who seek to identify…

The first two sections of this workbook clarify the conceptualization of academic service-learning and offer a set of foundational resources that prepare the reader for the subsequent design sections. Sections three through five review the three necessary conditions for academic service-learning and take the reader through the course planning…

The organization of knowledge has been identified as a crucial element for the facilitation of learning based on theories of teaching for understanding, information processing, schemata development, and constructivism. This study reports on the validation of a teaching and learning tool through an investigation in which 44 college students…

This study was designed to provide schools, districts, and states with a means for identifying the knowledge and skills that are most important for students to learn for the subject areas of geography and history. Five state standards documents were selected to represent the exemplary content in geography and history. These documents were selected…

The purpose of this study was to analyze an undergraduate curriculum course that was a required component of the core program of the College of Education. Each year several faculty members of the Department of Educational Leadership taught the course in 50 sections. Over the years, the changes by various faculty members resulted in wide variations…

Presented programs, workshops and seminars on creative problem-solving given by different educational institutions in 1974-75. (RK)

Describes the Social Problems Assistantship course that qualifies medical students to work as case aides under the supervision of a social worker. (Author/PG)

The author has succeeded in holding students' interest in poetry by comparing and contrasting traditional poets with familiar modern, even pop'' poets. (PG)

The major conclusion derived from questionnaires mailed to a random sample of New York teachers evaluating the eleventh grade curriculum revealed that teachers felt the quality of teaching was affected by the excessive quantity of materials; most placed emphasis on only four of seven topic areas; and a majority agreed too much material was…

A California teacher discusses state standards and their relation to program content. (SP)