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Download full textPurves, Alan C., Ed. – 1989
Increasingly over the past decade there have appeared in the press bar graphs comparing the performance of U.S. students with their counterparts in other countries. Usually these graphs have been accompanied by dire warnings and pointing fingers. The main source of the data on international comparisons has been the International Association for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Fogarty, M., Ed. – 1979
The booklet addresses a real need often expressed by teachers throughout Queensland for a concise yet comprehensive guide for those teaching in small schools (the paucity of material concerning small schools in the literature is rather surprising considering the very significant numbers of teachers and children who are or have had experience in…
Descriptors: Art, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce, Ed.; Little, Catherine A., Ed. – 2003
The 14 chapters in this volume are intended to facilitate differentiated curriculum development for gifted students that is substantive, rigorous, and in keeping with disciplinary structures. The chapters are: (1) "Content-Based Curriculum for High Ability Learners: An Introduction" (Joyce VanTassel-Baska); (2) "Accelerating…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Processes
Fosnot, Catherine Twomey, Ed. – 1996
The 13 essays in this book examine the theory of constructivism in relation to teaching and learning. The first section provides an account of the epistemological, psychological, and sociocultural research that serves as the theoretical basis of constructivism, and includes the following chapters: "Introduction: Aspects of Constructivism" (Ernst…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Child Development, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
