Study is part of an ongoing research program whose cumulatime aim is to generate empirically validated hierarchical curriculum sequences in several basic skill areas appropriate to an early learning curriculum. (Author)

The editorial raises questions for curriculum designers: Should standards of physics content be lowered to meet lower academic ability? How much emphasis should physics be given? How much specialization is suitable? When should specialization be introduced? (PS)

Briefly describes the characteristics of process, topic, thematic, applied science, environmental, project, and concept approaches to science curriculum development, and explains why a patterns" approach was used in this project. Sketches the content, teaching, and evaluation of the course. (AL)

These guidelines were developed to serve two curriculum development needs: a guide for schools, communities, departments, and school districts interested in updating their programs; and, a baseline from which to move in creative directions beyond what most regard as modern and innovative (Author/VW)

New College, the University of Hawaii's most comprehensive effort to rethink and reinvigorate undergraduate education, is practically alone among experimental colleges that have sprouted throughout the nation in the last few years in doing so many things right. (Author/MB)

Results of the field studies show that Head Start children who received training in classification are able to form more groupings and thus have acquired more classification skill than children who participate in the regular Head Start program with no specific additional curricular input. (Author)

Based on a study by Battelle Columbus Laboratories for the Office of Research and Development, Manpower Administrations, U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Research Visibility is a supplement to the American Vocational Journal. (MU)

The curriculum that is described in this paper was conceived as a means of developing rigorous scientific thinking in students and to develop a cognitive style that would enable students to use the theory and content of science in imaginative ways while caring for patients. (Authors)

An alternative curriculum model in operation at San Andreas High School, Larkspur, California. (MB)