Classroom interaction research of the traditional kind is probably not worth the effort involved because it does not have its tasks or questions correctly formulated. There is no central widely available framework or paradigm that permits the ordering of the questions being asked by the researcher or locates the core phenomena that we should be…

The purpose of this project was to improve basic police training by investigating existing curriculums and producing standardized instructional materials; however, funding termination did not allow the latter. VT 007 473 is a report of a literature and curriculum review for this project. From this review and a related study 168 topics were…

The aim of the Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) of Australia is to foster curriculum and materials development from preschool to post-secondary levels. A broad concept of curriculum includes the totality of experience which a child undergoes during his schooling. Curriculum development under this definition is concerned with developing…

This bulletin of the Schools Council (London, England) provides a general description of the state of mathematics curriculum development in Great Britain, annotated listings of eleven curriculum research and development projects, and a list of fourteen selected Schools Council publications. Information on how to obtain publications or further…

This paper evaluates current practices in curriculum design and discusses some proposals for using efficient Fisherian experimental designs to remedy certain shortcomings in current practices. Two general questions are approached in this paper: (1) how to obtain rational and empirical evidence that a basic curriculum under planning and development…

This paper describes the goals, model, programs and organization of the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education, which was established in 1967 as the first national research and development program focused on early childhood education. The central goal is the development of specifications for the best learning environments of children…

The primary objective of this study was to determine the educational needs of persons engaged in purchasing and materials management functions in order to develop a curriculum plan which would adequately prepare personnel for entry and career progression within the field of purchasing. In addition to literature reviews and analyses on the subject,…

This study considers the nature and frequency of curricular offerings in 758 junior colleges in the United States. Courses are classified as transfer, occupational, or comprehensive (both transfer and occupational), and tables are provided showing how frequently a course was offered, its relative ranking based on the frequency, and the percentage…

At Webster College, St. Louis, Missouri, the objective of the Webster Institute of Mathematics, Science, and the Arts (WIMSA) is to create curriculum materials for the lower schools in the fields of science, history, and music, and, concurrently, to devise a mode of teacher preparation aimed at producing teachers capable of handling such…

This annotated bibliography on curriculum is the third publication of the auxiliary series to "Schools for the 70's--and Beyond," a publication and action program of NEA's Center for the Study of Instruction. Addressed principally to curriculum specialists and to university and school researchers, it is designed "to serve as an intellectual…

Students in three types of high school English course organizations (traditional, an all-electives program, and an elective program requiring linguistic diagnosis and remediation prior to entrance into electives) were studied to determine student attitudes toward the study of English, student achievement in English usage, and student achievement…

This paper reports on a 2-year field investigation of the frequency and content of interactions between curriculum consultants and elementary school teachers involved in implementing an inquiry-oriented curriculum. The report includes data generated by 45 consultants and 600 teachers in 53 diverse schools. The types of questions teachers ask…

Scientific Method rather than trial and error methods should be used to search for instructional algorithms. The Scientific Method is discussed with implications for this purpose. Suggested is the inclusion of theoretical and technological foundations in formulating instructional theory. Conditions needed for adequate instructional research are:…

This publication reports conference discussions concerning the rationale and strategies for curriculum development and its relation to learning research, school operations, educational and social reform, and curriculum implementation. The discussions examine the current role of the Federal Government in curriculum development and offer suggestions…

Planned Variation was deisgned as a three-year program to assess the implementation of prominent preschool curricula in Head Start and the immediate effects of the programs. Sites used were those in which the sponsor already had a Follow Through program; the research project lacked the necessary control over site characteristics. Consultants…