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Keiffer-Barone, Susan; Mulvaney, Caroline; Hillman, Constance; Parker, Miriam – 1999
The 1996 report "What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future" features a 3-part proposal which consists of teacher education program accreditation, initial teacher licensing, and advanced certification based upon a set of shared knowledge, skills, and commitments for professional teaching. A study explored one facet of this proposed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Faculty Development
Butroyd, Robert; Somekh, Bridget – 2001
This study examined interrelationships between educators' role in teaching values and their responsibility for teaching mandatory curricula and preparing students for formal assessment. It investigated 15 British teachers' values as transmitted to 10th grade science and language arts students, gauging the impact of their values on student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, High Schools, Language Arts
Klass, Steve – 2002
How have "monsters" been viewed in society, what purpose do they serve, and why are they necessary? In this language-arts-based curriculum unit for grades 9-12, students explore the ways "monsters" are depicted in literature, music, and drama. According to the unit, students will: define what a monster is; read the classic…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, High Schools
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2003
Intended for parents as a companion to the Alberta Curriculum Guides, this summary uses an "at a glance" schematic to list the curricular goals for Kindergarten in Alberta. In addition to English language arts and mathematics, the goals cover creative and cultural expression, physical skills and well-being, personal and social…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Creative Development, Educational Objectives, Fine Arts
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1998
Based on the 1998 Arkansas English Language Arts Curriculum Frameworks, this sample curriculum model for grade five language arts is divided into sections focusing on writing; reading; and listening, speaking, and viewing. The writing section's stated goals are to help students employ a wide range of strategies as they write; use different writing…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Grade 5, Graphic Organizers
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1998
Based on the 1998 Arkansas English Language Arts Curriculum Frameworks, this sample curriculum model for grade six language arts is divided into sections focusing on writing; reading; and listening, speaking, and viewing. The writing section's stated goals are to help students employ a wide range of strategies as they write; use different writing…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Grade 6, Graphic Organizers
Classroom Notes Plus, 2001
This 18th volume of "Classroom Notes Plus" contains descriptions of original, unpublished teaching practices, or adapted ideas. Under the Ideas from the Classroom section, the August 2000 issue contains the following materials: "The Thought Pot" (Andrew R. West); "Seeing Is Reading: 'The Hollow Men'" (James Penha);…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
2002
The realities of slavery and reconstruction hit home in oral histories from the Library of Congress. In this unit of study, students research slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former African slaves in the United States--both before and after emancipation. From varied sources, students can sample the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Tompkins, Gail E. – 1998
Reflecting a constructivist approach to teaching and learning, this book presents the content of the language arts curriculum and the most effective strategies for teaching this content. The processes of reading and writing provide the foundation for the three instructional approaches presented in the book: literature focus units, reading and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Perkhounkova, Yelena; Dunbar, Stephen B. – 1999
The DIMTEST statistical procedure was used in a confirmatory manner to explore the dimensionality structures of three kinds of achievement tests: multiple-choice tests, constructed-response tests, and tests combining both formats. The DIMTEST procedure is based on estimating conditional covariances of the responses to the item pairs. The analysis…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Constructed Response, Estimation (Mathematics), Grade 7
Kohen, Robert – 1999
This 10th grade social studies lesson and language arts interdisciplinary curriculum unit asks students to examine the 19th century debate over U.S. foreign policy. Students engage in role playing and debate the expansionist policy versus the anti-imperialist policy. The unit includes an activity description, background information, questions to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Current Events, Debate, Foreign Policy
Graham, Peg, Ed.; Hudson-Ross, Sally, Ed.; Adkins, Chandra, Ed.; McWhorter, Patti, Ed.; Stewart, Jennifer McDuffie, Ed. – 1999
Using the subjects of language arts and English in the secondary school setting, this collection of essays should inspire the development and refinement of teacher education at all levels and in all subject areas. The essays are written in the voices of public school teachers and grounded in everyday theory and practice of faculty in public…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation
Department of Defense Education Activity, Arlington, VA. – 2000
This publication from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is designed to inform parents about the department's Grade Two curriculum standards in four major areas: language arts/reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. The integrated language arts/reading standards emphasize the development of a comprehensive reading…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students
Onish, Liane B. – 2002
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and she was arrested. On that day, Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement. This study guide may be used as a companion to "The Rosa Parks Story" video which aired on CBS…
Descriptors: Black History, Black Leadership, Civil Rights, Critical Viewing
Remaly, Beth K. – 1999
This practicum was designed to increase the literacy growth of kindergarten students through the use of developmentally appropriate emergent literacy practices. The kindergarten language arts curriculum did not meet the diverse literacy needs of the kindergarten students. The goal of the practicum was to meet the diverse literacy needs of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Emergent Literacy
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