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Stearns, Peter N. – History Teacher, 1999
Describes the new Advanced Placement (AP) world history course, which has a global and thematic focus and emphasizes global interactions and comparative issues. Discusses the chronology used and its emphasis on global forces and developments within civilizations. Believes that world history courses should assist students in understanding how the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Course Content, Educational Objectives, Global Approach
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Burstein, Stanley M. – History Teacher, 1999
Discusses why world history instruction is flourishing in higher education. Describes the new Advanced Placement (AP) world history course and states that the course is comparable to college-level world history courses. Considers to which college world history course the AP course is most comparable. (CMK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
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Lillich, Harriet – History Teacher, 1999
Describes the six habits of mind fundamental to the study of history. Argues that a world history course must introduce students to the processes by which historians study the past. Provides suggestions for teaching the habits of mind through the proposed Advanced Placement (AP) world history course. (CMK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Course Content, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies
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Lurie, Maxine N. – History Teacher, 2000
Warns against the declining standards of the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history examination and the AP program. Focuses on the problems that occur in maintaining high standards and the practive of teaching to the test in AP courses. Discusses who does grade and who should grade the AP examinations. (CMK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Faculty, Equivalency Tests
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Nugent, Stephanie A.; Karnes, Frances A. – Gifted Child Today, 2002
This article compiles information from program web sites, articles, and interviews with experts to describe the history and current status of the Advanced Placement program and the International Baccalaureate program. The development of the Pre-AP program, the Primary Years program, and the Middle Years program is discussed. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Solorzano, Daniel G.; Ornelas, Armida – High School Journal, 2004
Using critical race theory as a framework, this article examines the access and availability of Advanced Placement (AP) courses and how they impact educational outcomes for Latina/o and African American students. To begin thinking critically about enrollment patterns of AP courses, we ask the following questions: How do school structures,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Hispanic American Students, African American Students
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Hoel, Mark – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
In recent years, geomatics has had a tremendous effect on geographical education at the post-secondary level. Courses, departments and even entire colleges such as the College of Geographic Sciences in Nova Scotia, Canada, are now dedicated to its study and use. Predictably, the impact of geomatics on classroom teaching at the secondary level has…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Curriculum Evaluation
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VanSciver, James H. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2006
Although the myth of public education as the "great equalizer" is alive and well in the minds of many, the reality is that the notion of public schools as the savior of the less fortunate is fundamentally compromised when institutional decision making does more to suppress low-income and minority students through low expectations…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Low Income Groups, School Districts, Minority Groups
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Cacciatore, Kristen L.; Sevian, Hannah – Journal of Chemical Education, 2006
We present an alternative to a traditional first-year chemistry laboratory experiment. This experiment has four key features: students utilize stoichiometry, learn and apply principles of green chemistry, engage in authentic scientific inquiry, and discover why each part of a scientific lab report is necessary. The importance and essential…
Descriptors: Stoichiometry, Technical Writing, Verbal Communication, Chemistry
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Burris, Carol Corbet; Wiley, Ed; Welner, Kevin G.; Murphy, John – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background: This longitudinal study examines the long-term effects on the achievement of students at a diverse suburban high school after all students were given accelerated mathematics in a detracked middle school as well as ninth-grade "high-track" curriculum in all subjects in heterogeneously grouped classes. Despite considerable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ability Grouping, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
Botstein, Leon – School Administrator, 2006
This article presents the author's views on the present situation of American high schools. The current American high school system fails in satisfying the demands placed upon it by all sectors of American society in all classes, regions and ethnicities. He further points out several problems. Along with it, he discusses some academic adjustments…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Schools, College Preparation, Public Schools
Livingston, Samuel A. – 1992
This study investigated the extent to which log-linear smoothing could improve the accuracy of common-item equating by the chained equipercentile method in small samples of examinees. Examinee response data from a 100-item test (the Advanced Placement Examination in United States History) were used to create two overlapping forms of 58 items each,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Equated Scores, High School Students
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1992
Findings of a follow-up study that examined the experiences of the 1987 and 1988 graduates of the Center for the Arts and Sciences (CAS) program in Saginaw, Michigan, are presented in this paper. A survey mailed to a total of 78 program graduates, 36 from 1987 and 42 from 1988, elicited 21 responses, the majority of whom were from white females.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Assessment
Chandler Unified Schools, AZ. – 1982
The honors program at Chandler High School (Arizona) which combines the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) programs is described in this brochure. Following a general overview of IB and AP programs, several benefits of this combined program are listed: (1) small classes with superior students; (2) the opportunity to earn…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement Programs, College Preparation, Educational Benefits
Blystone, Robert V. – 1987
This study focused on potential pedagological uses of standardized placement exams. A sample of 250 exams of the May 1984 Biology Advanced Placement (AP) exam was obtained and student responses to the question on cell structure were analyzed. The frequency of particular responses to the question is listed and trends and patterns in the responses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, College Bound Students
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