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Wolansky, William D.; Du Vall, John Barry – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1975
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Grade Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Biology, Class Activities, Ecology, Elementary School Science
Murphy, Carol; Jenks, Lynn – 1981
Resulting from a study that examined ways to implement community-based learning activities into postsecondary curriculum, this sampler contains detailed descriptions of selected courses in the social sciences and humanities that illustrate some of the ways classroom learning is augmented through the use of planned, off-campus learning activities.…
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Experimental Curriculum
HAMPTON, NELLIE D. – 1960
AN EXPERIMENTAL 8-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR GIFTED CHILDREN IN RURAL AREAS AND TOWNS WAS TESTED FOR EFFECTIVENESS. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS PROJECT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN ACHIEVEMENT OR ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM AND STUDENTS WHO HAD THE SAME INTELLIGENCE BUT NO SPECIAL TRAINING.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Opportunities, Experimental Curriculum
HAMPTON, NELLIE D. – 1961
THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING GIVEN TO A GROUP OF GIFTED CHILDREN IN A SPECIAL SUMMER PROGRAM WERE TESTED DURING THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR WITH RESPECT TO OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG THE STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE THIS EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WITH TWO CONTROL GROUPS DRAWN FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL POPULATIONS. IT WAS THE SECOND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Curriculum Research
BLACKBURN, ROBERT T. – 1967
AN ASSESSMENT WAS MADE OF THE STATUS OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES. THE GENERAL EDUCATION MOVEMENT WAS STARTED TO PROVIDE SPECIAL CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COURSES AS AN ANSWER TO THE DESIRE FOR UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE. LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES WITHIN UNIVERSITIES WERE NOT STUDIED. THE AUTHOR STATES, "THE GENERAL EDUCATION MOVEMENT IS DEAD." HE…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Colleges, Curriculum Development
Shelly (E.F.) and Co., New York, NY. – 1968
NOW CONSISTING OF 17 SCHOOLS, THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE SEVENTIES (ES '70) NETWORK WAS FORMED IN MAY 1967 TO DEVISE AND EXECUTE A PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND ORGANIZATION WHICH (1) PROVIDES AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION FOR EACH STUDENT, (2) IS HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THE ADULT ROLES WHICH HE WILL PLAY,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Curriculum Development, Experimental Curriculum, Individualized Programs
Williams, Thelma M. – 1967
This report evaluates a program designed to develop a new curriculum for disadvantaged eighth and ninth grade students in New York City who were performing poorly in school (academically, socially, emotionally) and who appeared likely to become school dropouts. The evaluation--representing the work of a multidiscipline team of specialists in…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged Youth
O'Piela, Joan M. – 1968
A pilot study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of five curricular methods used in a summer Head Start program designed to develop perceptual-motor skills. Three hundred and seventy-three inner-city children in 15 Head Start centers were given the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Brenner Developmental Gestalt Test of School…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged, Experimental Curriculum
Morrison, Edward J.; Lecznar, William B. – 1966
Technical activity from July 1 through September 30, 1966 was concentrated on (1) completion of materials, staff training, and implementation arrangements for the junior high guidance program, (2) development of measures for assessing student achievement of instructional objectives, and (3) design of learning units for the curriculum. This report…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Experimental Curriculum
Hudak, Vivian M.; Butler, F. Coit, Jr. – 1967
Significant characteristics of the guidance program are reviewed and materials developed, staff preparation, tryout procedures, and implementation and evaluation plans are described. To try out evaluation procedures, a random sample of 505 students in grades 7, 8, and 9 in six schools provided data for (1) measuring student choices relative to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Lazarus, JoAnn M. – 1974
The purpose of the present study was to assess the overall effectiveness of a program of selected mathematical experiences for kindergarten children implemented through an inservice teacher education program. A total of 284 children from 10 public schools participated in the study. A booklet containing suggested teaching methods, special…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Curriculum, Inservice Teacher Education
Bingham-Newman, A. M.; And Others – 1974
This study attempted to develop, implement, and evaluate an experimental preschool education program based on Piaget's theory of cognitive development. A further goal was to examine Piaget's theoretical assumptions and postulated cognitive developmental trends for a 2-year period of the preoperational substage. A total of 48 3- to 5-year-olds…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Weyer, S. A.; Cannara, A. B. – 1975
An experiment was conducted to study how children, aged 10-15 years, learn concepts relevant to computer programing and how they learn modern programing languages. The implicit educational goal was to teach thinking strategies through the medium of programing concepts and their applications. The computer languages Simper and Logo were chosen…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Piippo, Teuvo; Lihr, Silja – 1974
Since half of Finland is sparsely populated, the Finland National Board of Education has initiated a preschool project for sparsely populated areas. Project goals are defined as the acquisition through research, experiment, and planning of information relative to sparsely populated areas and special problems of distance, small population base,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Environmental Research, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Teaching
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