This annotated catalog of resources is designed to help elementary school teachers in Alberta, Canada select resources to be used in teaching the province's social studies program. The social studies program is organized around a focus area and three topics for each grade. The focus areas are: Grade 1, Me and Others; Grade 2, People Today; Grade…

A collection of papers that individually and collectively make the argument that critical thinking needs to be placed at the heart of educational reform make up this volume. Thirty-nine papers are organized into three main sections: Section I is entitled: What Is Critical Thinking? This section contains the following papers: (1) The critical…

This guide is designed to aid high school teachers of business law in Pennsylvania to structure their courses. Specifically, it is intended to help teachers identify and place correct emphasis upon those areas of business law which will most nearly meet the students' needs when they reach adulthood, to help teachers to inculcate in the students…

One hundred thirteen registered nurses working in three hospitals were surveyed to ascertain how nurses feel about continuing education and to examine the interactions between attitudes toward continuing education and personal-professional circumstances. The results provided strong evidence to support the concept of voluntary rather than mandatory…

Focus is on the sources and effect of motivation and interest on student success as revealed by a research study. Motivation techniques are suggested. (TA)

The pursuit of excellence is inappropriate in basic physical education programs, where students should learn to understand and enjoy physical fitness activities. However, programs preparing physical education personnel should pursue excellence. (PP)

Lists some components of effective education and describes a program that contains these components, the SYNERGY Project in the San Francisco Bay Area. (JM)

Studied goal setting by elementary students by utilizing a strategy of psychomotor and academic games. No grade level differences were observed; however, proportionally more second- through fourth-grade girls and fifth-grade boys were classified as realistic goal setters. Concludes elementary students can set realistic goals in academic and…

Reviews the role of history in the U.S. social studies curriculum. Explains that differing interpretations of history and the purposes of history have had a significant impact on the structure of the K-12 social studies curriculum. Argues that the time is ripe for historians and social studies educators to renew cooperative efforts. (CFR)

We analyze and study the beginning of a new Electrical Engineering Department, supported by an NSF Departmental Level Reform award, within a new College of Engineering in the 21st Century and also describe the academic approach and influences of an innovative cognitive-based approach to curriculum development. In addition, the approach taken…

The first-ever U. S. Department of Education summit on sustainability, "Sustainability Education Summit: Citizenship and Pathways for a Green Economy," was held on Sept. 20-21, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The Sustainability Education Summit (the Summit) brought together leaders from higher education, business and industry, labor,…

The College Ambition Program (CAP) model was developed to support high schools in preparing their students to enter STEM fields. CAP includes four programmatic components: mentoring, course counseling and advising, college-related activities and workshops, and teacher professional development and instructional support. This study is part of a…

The studies in this volume explore a number of issues in education today. One paper reveals what actually motivates teachers to develop their career, another, how to teach primary teachers to talk about visual art. Children's artworks were explored in one article to see how they relate to their adjustment to school. In another, a case study was…

The purpose of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) program is to improve the quality of early learning and development and close the achievement gap for children with high needs. The RTT-ELC grant competition focuses on improving early learning and development for young children by supporting States' efforts to increase the…

Drawing on interviews with first-generation college students (FGS), the author argues that the students' culture affects college attendance and success. Although FGS often have a vocational perspective to college, the author found that they seek meaningful work with good pay. The author also suggests that good decision making, academic…