Describes Project Design, a curriculum concept being implemented in Ontario schools, in which groups of students are given the opportunity to contribute to the selection and design of a material object or system which they subsequently construct, test, and evaluate. Project focus in on basic learning experiences which involve multidisciplinary…

This centralized system permits matching patients' care needs with students' learning needs and enables assignment of students to appropriate agencies. (Editor)

With a spirit that comes from seeing people help themselves, the Community College of Vermont needs no campus, full-time faculty, or football team. (Editor)

Suggests conditions or safeguards advanced with the belief that conforming to them will enhance the beneficial aspects of junior high interscholastic athletic competition and act to minimize undesirable practices. (Author/RK)

Presents the case for standards of discipline, adult leadership and academic fundamentals. (Editor/RK)

The Independent Study Program (ISP) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is described and its objectives specified. Data are reported for measures of achievement, personality characteristics, and academic-professional experience. Costs and faculty evaluation of the program are also given. (Author/LBH)

The use of a business-industrial model is a mistake when dealing with public education; a multi-dimensional model (defining goals in broad terms, taking a general view of knowledge, and viewing education as a study of life realities instead of disciplines and specialties) is necessary for true educational development. (MB)

Population, food, and energy are discussed as concerns to warrant global education. Five optional views of global issues are presented as choices for educators to uphold in curriculum design. (ND)

The purpose of this article is to discuss the inseparable relation between culture and language and the implementation of instructional strategies for teaching second language through culture to enhance students' linguistic comprehension. Language is not only the product of culture, but also is the symbol of culture (Gleason, 1961). Culture must…

This article presents guidelines formulated by Learning By Grace, Inc., one of the nation's leading providers of online resources for homeschoolers, and is intended to help home educators navigate the multitude of available choices so that they will be better equipped to select the provider that offers the curriculum and services most suited to…

This paper studies the modes of thought that occur during the act of solving problems in mathematics. It examines the two main instantiations of mathematical knowledge, the conceptual and the structural, and their role in the act. It claims that awareness of mathematical structure is the lever that educes mathematical knowledge existing in the…

This book contains a collection of multiplication lessons that support curriculum and instruction. The goals of the lessons are to give all students the chance to learn how to mentally multiply by 10, powers of 10, and multiples of 10; use the distributive property to calculate products; use paper and pencil to record thinking when solving…

This book contains a collection of addition and subtraction lessons that support curriculum and instruction. The activities are rich with child-friendly contexts that are fun and engaging and give students opportunities to gain computational skills while developing their own confidence in and enjoyment of mathematics. Three elements are regarded…

Arithmetic is the major focus of elementary mathematics instruction. This book contains a series of lessons designed to meet the goals of place value instruction and give students a rich understanding of how the number system works. Topics include counting larger numbers in two or more ways, recognizing that the number of objects in a group…

This information brief explains principles of universal design as an approach to providing access for students with disabilities to the general education curriculum. The premise of universal design is that environments and products should be designed for maximum usability including flexible curriculum and learning environments to allow students…