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Ritterband, Vicki; Heller, Rafael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Lindsay Unified School District (California) exemplifies the promise of competency education (or performance-based education, as it is called locally). Since beginning its transition to the model in 2009, discipline problems have sharply dropped, the school climate has dramatically improved (as measured by the California Healthy Kids Survey), and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Implementation, Fidelity, Models
Youens, Bernadette; Gordon, Jules; Newton, Len – School Science Review, 2014
Practical work has a long history in science education in the UK. This article explores how the influences of curriculum and assessment policy have shaped practical work over recent years. We argue that, together with changes in teacher training programmes, these influences have weakened science teachers' capacity to meet the challenge of calls…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Novices, Beginning Teachers, Educational Practices

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