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| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
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Cawley, Michael – High School Magazine, 2000
To include students with more severe disabilities, a California high school devised a buddy system, facilitated collaboration among special-education staff, matched students with appropriate teachers, and used grading and curriculum adaptation. A sidebar describes how functional behavioral assessment can help students gain control. (MLH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Grading
Ahearn, Edward J. – High School Magazine, 1999
"Texts and Teachers," a truly collaborative, NEH-funded program originating in Brown University's Department of Comparative Literature, is a long-term university/high-school partnership in creating interdisciplinary courses. Sample course titles include "Desire and the Marketplace,""Coming of Age," and "City…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits
Woodward, John – High School Magazine, 2000
The Tools for Understanding Project moves noncollege-bound students toward varied, integrated experiences with literacies required for success in the work force. The program excels at teaching higher order thinking, linking instruction with communication, and giving students practice in problem-solving (raising funds for a field trip). (MLH)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Fund Raising
