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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"curriculum materials"”.
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Community College Faculty Satisfaction Teaching Online: Does Using Prepared Curriculum Materials Matter?
… online resources such as third-party prepared curriculum materials could reduce faculty frustrations with technology and time. Given the change in instructional resources, the purpose of this study is to examine the influence that such prepared curriculum materials may have on community college …
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Preservice Elementary Teachers' Learning with Mathematics Curriculum Materials During Preservice Teacher Education
Following the release of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, (NCTM, 1989) substantial federal funding in the 1990s supported the development of curriculum materials intended to help teachers enact new visions of mathematics teaching and learning. Although a great deal of …
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The Evaluation of The Impact of Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Materials Upon Elementary Students
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Analyzing how grade four teachers plan to teach inquiry-based curriculum materials and the influences on their preparation of mathematics lessons
… plan to teach from an inquiry-based mathematics curriculum, and identified specific influences on planning. Previous studies of instructional decision-making yielded a framework for researching lesson planning and informed the design of this investigation. Participants in this study were 18 …
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Alignment of intended learning outcomes, curriculum and assessment in a middle school science program
… study focused on the intended learning outcomes, curriculum and assessment in the science curriculum offered at a regional independent Middle School in the state of Victoria, Australia. In-school assessment has indicated that the current science curriculum of this Middle School may not develop …
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The development and evaluation of a job aid for lesson planning for volunteer teachers
… programs. The volunteer teachers are provided curriculum materials to use, but often do not receive training to sufficiently equip them for the task of teaching. A job aid might provide performance support for one aspect of their teaching responsibilities, the task of planning for teaching. The …
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Empowering educators: Differentiated instruction at the organization level
… 2005). Next, the author investigated Educative Curriculum Materials (ECM), designed to promote both teacher and student learning rather than traditional curriculum materials focused on student learning (Davis & Krajcik, 2005; Beyer & Davis, 2009). Davis and Krajcik's Design Heuristics for …
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PCK development of beginning secondary mathematics teachers
… the development of the teachers' knowledge of curriculum and their knowledge of student understanding during their first two years of teaching. The participants began the study with little or no experience or education regarding the teaching of mathematics. During the first year of the study, …
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A Study of the Differences between Classrooms Using a Meaning-Centered Approach and a Code-Centered Approach in the First Year Implementation of the California English-Language Arts Framework
… change which are linked to student performance: curriculum materials, teacher behaviors, and organizational change processes. Eight research questions guided the examination of qualitative and quantitative data originating from teacher and principal interviews, teacher questionnaires, teacher …
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Archaeology education in South Africa : developing curriculum programmes in three Cape Town schools
… of the discipline and the South African school curriculum informed the choice of the research question for this project. This question is "What happens when an archaeologist develops educational programmes and curriculum materials for schools in order that the teachers' and learners have access …
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A comparison of Science teachers' and students' priorities for improving the teaching and learning of Science in Lesotho high schools in the 21st Century
… Education Policy: Localisation of the O Level Curriculum stated that there was a need to review the goals and policies which were to serve as a government framework for the development of the new curriculum materials. It is in this context that this study was conducted. The purpose of the study …
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A comparison of the official primary mathematics curriculum in Ghana with the way in which it is implemented by teachers
The official school mathematics curriculum - textbooks, teacher's handbooks, and syllabus - has a powerful influence on classroom practice in a developing country like Ghana, where many teachers with low teaching qualifications hardly ever have access to other sources of information and activity …
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Incorporating technology into the Lesotho science curriculum: investigating the gap between the intended and the implemented curriculum
The inclusion of technology in the school curriculum has been a concern in many countries following the 1990 Jomtien World Conference on Education for ALL (Jenkins, 1996). However, there are different perspectives and views about technology education. As a result technology has been included in the …
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Curriculum Improvement: The Teacher Perspective on Change in the Classroom
This study explored the curriculum change experiences of five social studies teachers, from three high schools within one school district located in a western Montana city, integrating an economics curriculum in their eleventh grade U.S. history classrooms for the first time. A review of the …
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Curriculum Improvement: The Teacher Perspective on Change in the Classroom
This study explored the curriculum change experiences of five social studies teachers, from three high schools within one school district located in a western Montana city, integrating an economics curriculum in their eleventh grade U.S. history classrooms for the first time. A review of the …
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The development and trial of a beginning band method for teaching wind and percussion instruments based on a notation system different from the traditional notation
… as a catalyst for the development of future band curriculum materials for the public schools of Puerto Rico.
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An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science
… discusses the development of alternative science curriculum materials for a secondary schooling context where English, the medium of instruction, is a second language for both teachers and students. The research is located in an interpretative ethnographic framework and the data gathered during …
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Teacher involvement in curriculum development in Zambia: a role analysis of selected secondary school teachers in Lusaka district,Lusaka province,Zambia
Curriculum development for Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary School levels in Zambia has received much attention since their revision which commenced in 2013. Despite the Curriculum Development Centre (CDC), which is the main institution placed with the responsibility of curriculum …
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Designs for the manufacture of manipulable plastic DNA/RNA building blocks for learning life science
… DNA Learning Center Set and its supplementary curriculum materials. Simple mechanical models and 3D-printed prototypes were used in an iterative design process. The part count for each building block was reduced to 3, which require 6 unique molds. Several design options for each of the three …
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Facilitating Instructional Change: A Case Study on Diffusion of Curriculum Innovation
… on train-the-trainer models for diffusing curriculum innovations at the K-12 level, not much is known about how such models play out at the undergraduate level, especially with newer curriculum innovations using student-centered instruction. I present findings from one such project: a case …
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