A framework for generating curriculum research is proposed from a synthesis of Dunkin and Biddle's model of teaching variables with Beauchamp's "curriculum system" planning functions. The framework systematically defines variables that delineate curriculum planning processes. (CJH)

Maintains that Transcript Analysis (TA) is capable of informing decision makers about a range of educational issues and reform proposals. Illustrates the potential of TA by examining the issues of educational quality and equity as reflected in patterns of academic vs non-academic course-taking among high school students. (BR)

Considered are the social and cultural issues that underlie the patterns of schooling, the assumptions and implications of curriculum languages for teaching mathematics, and the contradictory meaning of change and reform that underlie current efforts to improve instruction. (Author/PK)

Techniques from required measurement and evaluation courses are rarely applied in teaching. A field experience which allowed physical education majors to assist in evaluating the fitness of elementary school students was used to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Pros and cons of the program are discussed. (JL)

This study investigated the social studies curriculum perceptions of 66 pre-methods undergraduates and 164 student teachers surveyed after their field experience. Perceptions were measured on a 21-item Likert-format questionnaire developed from the curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies. Results showed little…

Reports results of a survey of professional literature, curriculum guides, textbook advertisements, and newspaper articles from World War II era in order to assess response of social studies educators to crisis of World War II and effect of the war on the social studies curriculum. Concludes that rapid curriculum change resulted in response to the…

The contributions of the Deutsches Institut fur Fernstudien (D.I.F.F.) to research in distance education and in the development of study units are analyzed in light of West German and international influences. Sixteen references are listed. (Author/MBR)

The author examines current philosophical definitions of curriculum in order to postulate a more adequate theory of curriculum change. (DE)

This paper represents the "first report" of a project designed to examine the "efficiency" of the first year economics course at Queen's University, Canada. The aim of this report is to identify and quantify the factors that account for student performance. Construction of the research and a discussion of other research findings are included.…

In its need for educational reform, Western Germany planned the establishment of a central agency for the planning and documentation of curriculum research and development. This article discussed that agency and the development of RECs. (Author/RK)

Article describes a California curriculum laboratory where teachers can make teaching aids to suit their immediate classroom requirements. (GB)

Article reviews in depth six major researches in the field of subject choice in the sixth form. (Author)

Technical programs must be made as available as other kinds of post-secondary education. (Author/PG)