Described is an action research project in sentence combining which is helping to revise the language arts curriculum in Madison County, Georgia. It is suggested that there are benefits to classroom research projects. (KC)

The development of a diary-based technique to describe and classify the content of attending physicians' discussions in medical attending rounds and a demonstration of its use at the Seattle Veterans Administration Medical Center are reported. The technique may be of use to medical educators and researchers for exploring the activities of the…

Samples 10 each of primary, secondary and special schools as a means of investigating the development of curricula for children experiencing learning difficulty. Describes the method of qualitative data analysis. Develops a model of the curriculum development process based on the interrelationships of the categories found in the analysis. (KO)

Examines the information French and English speaking teachers use when programing for learning disabled students. Finds that French teachers rely more on problematic intelligence tests, that perceptual skills are influential in placing moderate-needs children, and that both groups use medical history, sibling performance, academic functioning, and…

Philosophical and theoretical debates have created some uncertain direction in the curriculum field. The article claims that efforts toward systematic curriculum reform may fail because of inconsistency, maintaining that effective curricular and systematic reform will occur when stakeholders agree on intended goals and identify actions that…

Reviews studies that have examined curriculum packages, focusing on how school knowledge is ideologically structured and organized. Borrows from discourse analysis to develop a theoretical framework for investigating how knowledge and meaning-production can be influenced. Illustrates the framework's use to design and conduct a study of a physical…

Reviews research on curriculum development in developing nations (particularly Thailand, Latin America, Israel, Jamaica, and Papua New Guinea), including input output studies, teacher effectiveness studies, and studies of school and classroom organization. Concludes that effective and innovative practices promote teacher involvement in curriculum…

Reports results of a telephone survey of Ohio educators. Examines what teachers need to strengthen geography instruction. Reports that the survey asked blocked improvements in geographic education. Determines major needs to include teacher education with inservice workshops and better instructional materials. (DK)

Uses data from the California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) to analyze course listings in history and the social sciences in California secondary schools from 1981 to 1990. Uses three variables: enrollment, number of sections, and number of full-time faculty assigned to social studies courses. Reviews course offerings and recommends…

Assesses the academic rigor and cultural diversity of U.S. history curricula in North Carolina's community colleges and universities, focusing on whether survey courses and assignments were comparable at two- and four-year institutions; and whether women's and minority perspectives and local history were included in survey courses and electives.…

Describes the Written Literacy Forum, a collaborative research effort between Michigan State University's Institute for Research on Teaching and the East Lansing, Michigan Public Schools, which attempted to identify ways that research on writing could be applied to instructional problems. Depicts the first year's experience and offers sample…

The National Research Council completed a major study of undergraduate biology education, "BIO 2010-Transforming Undergraduate Education For Future Research Biologists (BIO 2010)," funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Institutes of Health. The "BIO 2010" report recommends that biology pedagogy should use an…

Much of the literature on experiential education tends to focus on adventure-based education, which is of limited use to school teachers. This article examines the dichotomy of traditional and experiential education as a launching point to discuss the roles of trust and risk in educational processes. We examine perspectives of student, educator,…

The aim of this study was to explore preservice classroom teacher reflection in a physical education teaching and learning environment and to describe how the teachers' reflections related to their practices. Two preservice classroom teachers voluntarily participated in the study. Data were collected using observations, journals, documents, and…

Applying a qualitative research design and using questionnaires, interviews, observation, focus groups, and debate, this study examines the phenomena and implications of change on LIS curricula, the stakeholders' perception of the current curriculum, the processes of curriculum design and review, and the impact of social, economic, political and…