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Brown-Filkowski, Melissa; Storm, Cheryl L.; York, Charles D.; Brandon, Antonius D. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2001
Compares two accredited marriage and family therapy programs: one includes a separate course on gender, and the other integrates gender through the curriculum. Results indicate that students from the integrated program view their peers as incorporating gender ideas in therapy to a significantly greater extent. Students from the program that has a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Family Counseling, Feminism, Gender Issues
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David, Denise; And Others – College Composition and Communication, 1995
Addresses the question of what constitutes a writing course. Maintains that the main objective of a writing course is the development of the writer, and that the privileged text is students' writing. Takes issue with writing courses that emphasize reading, subject content, or investigation over the writing process. (TB)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Freshman Composition
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Gagan, Mary Jo; Berg, Judy; Root, Sylvia – Journal of Nursing Education, 2002
Presents a model for revision of nurse practitioner curricula that has three components: (1) curriculum goals; (2) health policy and state regulation; and (3) community needs and demands. Describes data sources for the revision process: current students, graduates, faculty, community, and federal, state, and local agencies. (SK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
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Hoyt, Jeff E. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 1999
Discusses a study that explored the extent to which transfer students from one community college were prepared for five university courses. Found that transfer students were able to perform as well as native students in introductory biology, English, and psychology courses, but not in math or chemistry courses. Contains 13 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement
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Vacc, Nicholas A.; Charkow, Wendy B. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1999
Examines methods used to assess the quality dimensions of educational programs. States that the purpose is to provide improved procedures for evaluation and to increase the accountability of counselor preparation programs. Suggests that rewards of examining quality dimensions of counselor preparation far outweigh obstacles and will aid the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Counseling, Counselor Training, Curriculum Evaluation
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Ridley, Dennis R.; Smith, Edward D. – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2006
Seniors' writing skills were assessed in 1998 at a medium-sized public university. Blind scoring, a standard scoring guide, and trained graders were used. Curricular writing emphasis was assessed through a syllabus study, yielding a Curricular Emphasis Score. Controlling for entry-level skill in writing, Writing Score and Curricular Emphasis were…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Skills, College Seniors, Scoring Formulas
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Browder, Diane M.; Wakeman, Shawnee; Flowers, Claudia P. – Theory Into Practice, 2006
Legislative initiatives and federal regulations require states to provide students with disabilities access to the general curriculum and to include all students in state assessment systems. Assessing the progress in the general curriculum for students with disabilities challenges states to determine how academic standards apply to all students…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Curriculum Evaluation, Disabilities
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Schoenfeld, Alan H. – Educational Researcher, 2006
An early version of this article, discussing curricular interventions in mathematics, was written for the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), which funds WWC, instructed WWC not to publish it. An expanded version, written at WWC's invitation for a special issue of an independent electronic journal and a book…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Clearinghouses, Research Reports, Scientific Research
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McDevitt, Michael; Kiousis, Spiro – Communication Education, 2006
This study incorporates the perspective of deliberative democracy in proposing a framework for evaluating relationships between civic education and political development. Findings support a conception of deliberative learning as a process in which interactive curricula result in the diffusion of discursive inclinations to families and peer groups.…
Descriptors: Civics, Models, Social Studies, Political Socialization
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Kriewaldt, Jeana – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
Victoria has just emerged from 10 years where Geography has been one of three strands in the key learning area of Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE). The overarching framework emerged from an attempt to develop a national curriculum. Whilst the national curriculum was rejected by Australian state and territories who each hold legislative…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Geography, Curriculum Development, Geography Instruction
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McInerney, Malcolm; Shepherd, Rita – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
Geography as a discipline has a long and healthy history in South Australia. Due to the passion of individual educators and the activities of the Geography Teachers Association of South Australia (GTASA) since its foundation in 1936, South Australia has experienced ongoing curriculum development and indeed innovation in the geographical studies in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Geography, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation
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Battalis, Chrissie; Boland, Judy – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
The Northern Territory is a semi-autonomous region in the north of Australia. It is one of three Territories and six States that constitute the Commonwealth of Australia. The mainland States and Territories all maintain separate education systems, responsible to the Minister for Education in each State or Territory. In the Northern Territory's…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction
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Hutchinson, Nick – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
The Australian Geography Teachers' Association (AGTA) seeks to: (1) foster the teaching and learning of geography in Australian schools and enhance awareness of its applications in society; (2) promote and circulate the results of research into geography education; (3) maintain a professional network through which teachers of geography in…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geography, Foreign Countries, Teacher Associations
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Carder, Maurice – Journal of Research in International Education, 2006
Students successfully completing an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma course of study may, under certain conditions, be awarded a Bilingual Diploma. Since many students in international schools may be expected to be bilingual, and bilingualism, properly nurtured, has been shown to have metalinguistic and cognitive advantages, it would be…
Descriptors: International Schools, Bilingualism, Advanced Placement Programs, Metalinguistics
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Delice, Ali; Roper, Tom – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2006
This paper reports upon particular aspects of a study carried out by Delice in 2003, the main aim of which was to compare the performance of students in the 16-19 age group from Turkey and England on trigonometry of "A-level standard" and then to compare the curriculum and assessment provision in each country to seek possible…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Trigonometry, Mathematics Education
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