This document presents a sample of the Arkansas science curriculum and identifies the content standards for physical science systems, life science systems, and Earth science/space science systems for third grade students. Each content standard is explained and includes student learning expectations, third grade benchmarks, assessments, and…

This document presents a sample of the Arkansas science curriculum and identifies the content standards for physical science systems, life science systems, and Earth science/space science systems for fourth grade students. Each content standard is explained and includes student learning expectations, fourth grade benchmarks, assessments, and…

This document presents a sample of the Arkansas science curriculum and identifies the content standards for physical science systems, life science systems, and Earth science/space science systems for fifth grade students. Each content standard is explained and includes student learning expectations, fifth grade benchmarks, assessments, and…

This document presents a sample of the Arkansas science curriculum and identifies the content standards for physical science systems, life science systems, and Earth science/space science systems for sixth grade students. Each content standard is explained and includes student learning expectations, sixth grade benchmarks, assessments, and…

This guide was developed for North Carolina teachers in early childhood education and focuses on how play-based center activities in kindergarten teach literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts. Development of the guide was based on educators' experiences and their understanding of how children learn. The guide's introduction…

A mathematically literate citizenry is essential to maintaining democracy and ensuring a competitive position in a global economy. Instruction, curriculum, and assessment related to the teaching and learning of mathematics must be such that all students are given the opportunity to learn high levels of mathematics and encouraged to succeed. This…

A sample of five performance tasks developed to assess student progress toward meeting the content standards are given in this continuation of the social studies framework for the state of Delaware. The sample tasks provide teachers with insight into the types of performances and applications of knowledge that should be expected of students at…

This framework contains six instructional strands. Each strand has a content standard and cumulative student learning expectations for grades K-3, grades 4-6, and grades 7-12. The strands for students to understand are: (1) "Interdependence," how Arkansas people, cultures, and systems are connected; (2) "Continuity and Change,"…

This curriculum guide is designed to help both English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and regular classroom teachers improve instruction for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the elementary grades in the areas of math, science, social studies, and English language arts. This K-5 guide provides models for teachers who need to modify…

Describes an instructional project, How to Tell a Foreigner to Berlin the Way,'' designed to give 8th graders practical experience in using English; format based on the text London--People ans Pictures,'' Cornelsen-Velhagen & Klasing, Berlin. (RS)

Article presents positive reasons for studying a foreign language and describes one possible outline for developing a program. (Author/RK)

Extract from the author's Report to the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future," which will be published by the Commission late 1972. (Author)

Describes procedures for writing an effective counseling curriculum guide to meet the individual needs of children, kindergarten through grade 12, based on the guide developed at the Vestavia Hills School System. Focuses on the importance of a developmental guide, special education and career preparation, and selection of appropriate content. (JAC)

Curricular guidelines proposed by the American Association of Dental Schools are outlined, including notes on the interrelationship of occlusion content and other disciplines, an overview of the curriculum, preclinical and clinical goals and objectives, prerequisites, a core content outline, sequencing, faculty, and facilities. (MSE)

Discusses the contents of typical art education learning packages. Those of the Central Midwestern Regional Laboratories (CEMREL) are designed to heighten student involvement through use of media. Other packages focus on art history, art appreciation, and arts and crafts activity. A package has also been developed for special education students.…