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2. The Future of Vocational Education and Training in Europe. Volume 1. The Changing Content and Profile of VET: Epistemological Challenges and Opportunities. Cedefop Research Paper. No. 83
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
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This study examines changes in the way that knowledge, skills and competence are differentiated in curricula, and how learning is organised across different learning sites: in classrooms, workshops or laboratories, and at workplaces. The study collected information through Cedefop's ReferNet network, in-depth country case studies, and an online survey among almost 1 000 European VET providers. Results show that several countries have strengthened the general education component of their VET programmes either by increasing the extent of teaching general subjects or by better integrating them into the vocational curriculum. At the same time, the increased emphasis on general skills has not taken place at the expense of workplace learning; on the contrary, an expansion of workplace learning in IVET curricula has been ubiquitous. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to assess the exact extent of workplace learning, due to increased flexibility allowed at provider and individual level in the combination of different learning environments. [This research paper was produced by Cedefop's Department of VET and Qualifications.]
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- 2022
3. Learning for Self-Government: A K-12 Civics Report Card. White Paper No. 246
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Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, National Association of Scholars (NAS), and Randall, David
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This report, intended primarily for civics reformers considering how best to defend and improve traditional American civics education, surveys a selection of different civics offerings, both the traditional and the radical. Surveyed providers include organizations such as the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, We the People, and Hillsdale College's 1776 Curriculum. The report assesses both how they approach civics education and their ideological content. The report will also judge each organization's effectiveness--although no one knows exactly what is being taught in each classroom in America, much less precisely what students take from their education. Finally, it will provide recommendations about how civics reformers should build upon this existing array of civics curriculum resources to work most effectively to reclaim America's civics education.
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- 2022
4. Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology Presented Online and On-Site during the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (44th, Chicago, Illinois, 2021). Volume 2
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Simonson, Michael, and Seepersaud, Deborah
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For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with the practice of instructional technology including instruction and training issues are contained in Volume 2. [For volume 1, see ED617428.]
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- 2021
5. FACILITATE: Facilitating Academic Curriculum in Learning, in Teaching, and Threaded Evidence. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.2.2021
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University of California, Berkeley. Center for Studies in Higher Education, Stevenson, Joseph Martin, and Stevenson, Karen Wilson
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Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are often the center of discussion among faculty in higher education during discourse about curriculum conceptualization, design, planning development, and implementation. This commentary offers a functionally-centered framework that places faculty feasibility, fluidity, freedom, and flexibility around a core conceptualization of SLOs in the context of overall alignment within the college curriculum. The framework could be useful to readers failing to have shared governance over the curriculum, readers facing accreditation adherence, as well as readers confronting the sensitive topic of instructional quality, credibility, and integrity.
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- 2021
6. Practitioners' Recommendations to Improve the Academic Success of Economically Disadvantaged Students in Wisconsin. WCER Working Paper No. 2020-13
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), Miesner, H. Rose, Packard, Chiara, Laemmli, Taylor, and MacGregor, Lyn
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Although policymakers generally appreciate the value of crafting policies that are responsive to teacher and principal voice, doing so in a systematic way is challenging. Educator voices in the room when policies are made are often those of teachers and principals closest to policymakers. In 2019, to broaden the range of educator voices available to policymakers in Wisconsin, we asked more than 2,200 teachers and 700 principals in public schools in Wisconsin how "they" would change policy to improve the academic success of economically disadvantaged students. In total, 1,559 teachers and 601 principals offered suggestions for changing policy across four categories: school level--academic, student level, school level--non-academic, and community level. Though we saw variation in responses based on percent of student body eligible for free and reduced-priced lunch, grade levels served (elementary, middle, high school) and community type (city, suburb, town, rural), many responses appear with similar frequency among practitioners across contexts--indicating promise for making broader changes that impact all schools.
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- 2020
7. Improving Developmental and College-Level Mathematics: Prominent Reforms and the Need to Address Equity. CCRC Working Paper No. 124
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Columbia University, Community College Research Center, Brathwaite, Jessica, Fay, Maggie P., and Moussa, Adnan
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In recent years, there has been a growing recognition that the traditional system of college mathematics remediation that relies on high-stakes placement tests and prerequisite, multi-level course sequences is associated with lowered chances of students completing developmental requirements and increased rates of student attrition. This recognition has led to nationwide reform efforts that strive to alter the structure and curricula of remedial math courses. However, these broad-based reforms have been insufficient in eliminating inequities in developmental placement and completion between students of color and other underserved students and their more advantaged peers. Informed by relevant research literature, this paper argues that the majority of reforms to developmental math education seek to remedy general barriers to student progress but are not typically designed to address equity gaps and, perhaps unsurprisingly, do little to reduce them. We examine issues of concern present in traditional developmental math education and how existing reforms--including assessment and placement reforms, acceleration reforms, contextualization reforms, and curricular and pedagogic reforms--aim to address these issues, noting if they are associated with reductions in equity gaps. Lastly, we explore the potential for targeted reforms in developmental math to more effectively address the factors that contribute to inequities in student outcomes, factors such as stereotype threat, math anxiety, instructor bias, and tracking.
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- 2020
8. Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (43rd, Online, 2020). Volume 2
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Simonson, Michael, and Seepersaud, Deborah
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For the forty-third time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 2 contains 15 papers dealing the practice of instructional technology including instruction and training issues. Papers dealing primarily with research and development are contained in Volume 1. [For Volume 1, see ED617421.]
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- 2020
9. Skills Development for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Jobs: Discussion Paper on Solar Energy Demands
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UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Germany)
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This paper discusses the developments in the renewable energy sector and their impact on jobs and training. It compiles and makes an analysis of how the available technologies in the market will further develop corresponding with global trends in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors, and the corresponding capacities that are needed to make the transition from fossil fuel-based consumption into another supported by renewable energy. The role of Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in developing skills and qualified professionals for jobs in the renewable energy sector is a key vector of analysis. [ADENE - Agência para a Energia, Renewables Academy AG (RENAC), and Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) were contributors to this report.]
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- 2020
10. Class Dismissed: Massachusetts' Lack of Preparedness for K-12 Digital Learning during COVID-19. White Paper No. 208
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Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Flores, John, and Clancy, David
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With Massachusetts' school closure extending until the end of the 2019-20 academic year, Pioneer Institute urges that Massachusetts schools offer meaningful online and virtual learning programs, doing everything possible to eliminate problematic inconsistencies across Bay State school districts. Pioneer further urges Massachusetts to develop and distribute for timely public comment two plans, one that will remedy this semester's educational gaps during the 2020-21 school year, and another to address future extended school closures, if and when they might occur. Relatedly, after this crisis passes, Massachusetts should take steps toward generally improving its knowledge and capabilities with respect to online learning, which Pioneer, Bay State lawmakers, and nationally-recognized experts on digital learning have long identified as a significant area of weakness in Massachusetts' K-12 education system.
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- 2020
11. Strengthening Early Childhood Care and Education. A Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Discussion Paper
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Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Aboud, Frances, and Proulx, Kerrie
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the current landscape in early childhood care and education and spark discussion and debate around potential areas for KIX investment. The paper is part of a series of discussion papers, drafted to support the engagement and consultation of developing country partners and technical experts in the initial design of the GPE Knowledge and Innovation Exchange. The ideas presented in the initial version of the paper served as a starting point for discussion and were modified significantly based on the consultation process, resulting in this updated version.
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- 2019
12. Entrepreneurial Learning in TVET. Discussion Paper
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UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Germany) and McCallum, Elin
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As a result of its direct link to the labour market, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) plays an important role in equipping the modern workforce with in-demand skills. This discussion paper aims to inspire the introduction of entrepreneurial learning in TVET towards a fully mainstreamed approach, whereby entrepreneurial learning is integrated into the role, function and delivery of TVET systems for the benefit of all learners. The paper provides insight into the different approaches to mainstreaming entrepreneurial learning and illustrates the contribution of the key pillars that make up the entrepreneurial learning ecosystem. This is supported by a series of practical examples from TVET systems around the world, illustrating how entrepreneurial learning is being transformed into reality by governments, TVET systems, communities, networks, institutions, teachers, trainers and TVET learners. This paper explores five elements of the entrepreneurial learning ecosystem: (1) Developing policy for entrepreneurial learning; (2) Curricula and pedagogies; (3) Supporting teachers and trainers; (4) Learning modes other than formal curricula; and (5) Career paths and start-ups.
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- 2019
13. Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge. Position Paper. Revised Spring 2019
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Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
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This paper provides information about noncredit instruction in the California Community Colleges and updates the 2009 paper "Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge" to incorporate subsequent changes from the last decade. Since the passage of SB 361 (Scott, 2006), noncredit instruction has seen significant changes, including the equalization of funding for some areas of noncredit instruction, the passage of the Adult Education Block Grant that created adult education consortia including K-12 and community college adult education providers, and the passage of AB 705 (Irwin, 2017) that specifically encouraged colleges to use noncredit courses to support the needs of credit students. Despite noncredit's long history in the community colleges, a limited number of robust noncredit programs currently exist, and many colleges may be looking to or are beginning to offer noncredit courses for the first time. This paper is intended to provide information about noncredit instruction that will be useful to individuals with varying backgrounds and experience with noncredit and to provide recommendations that will help noncredit continue to serve the needs of diverse student populations. [For the original paper, "Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge" (adopted spring 2009), see ED510579.]
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- 2019
14. Learning Frameworks: Tools for Building a Better Educational Experience. Lumina Issue Paper
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Lumina Foundation, Travers, Nan L., Jankowski, Natasha, Bushway, Deborah J., and Duncan, Amber Garrison
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Learning frameworks are tools that specify learning outcomes and/or competencies that define, classify, and recognize educational, learner, and industry expectations of knowledge, skills, and abilities at increasing levels of complexity and difficulty. They allow for alignment, translation, and mapping of learning through various spaces in order to capture learning that can be valued and recognized by education, industry, and the military. This paper outlines the roles that learning frameworks play in the emerging ecosystem of connected learning--why they matter and how they can bring disparate pieces of the learning ecosystem together for greater portability and documentation of learning in all the places it unfolds. It concludes with a focus on technological innovations as a source of future directions for learning frameworks connectivity.
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- 2019
15. Creating Student-Centered Learning Environments and Changing Teaching Culture: Purdue University's IMPACT Program. Occasional Paper #38
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National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, Levesque-Bristol, Chantal, Flierl, Michael, Zywicki, Craig, Parker, Loran Carleton, Connor, Cody, Guberman, Daniel, Nelson, David, Maybee, Clarence, Bonem, Emily, FitzSimmons, Jason, and Lott, Erica
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How does a large research university establish a culture supporting student-centered evidence-based teaching? In this paper, we describe Purdue University's "Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation" (IMPACT) which has involved 321 instructors and 529 courses. Of every first-time undergraduate student, who first enrolled at Purdue West Lafayette in fall 2011 to summer 2018, 95.1% of them enrolled in at least one IMPACT course in any academic period during that time. We describe the history and evolution of the program, from its roots in National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) models and Faculty Learning Communities to an innovative adaptation of Self-Determination Theory principles. The program aims to maximize autonomy support for instructors, as they design classes to meet their instructional goals and student needs. IMPACT uses assessment on multiple levels: What should we examine in addition to grades to document achievement of learning outcomes in individual courses? How do we measure the learning climate and student engagement in a class? Most important, how does a faculty development program focused on course redesign lead to meaningful and lasting institutional change? In telling this story including lessons learned, readers will discover ways to enhance and evaluate their own faculty development programs to effect evidence-based and teaching-centric culture changes on their own campuses. [Foreword by George D. Kuh.]
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- 2019
16. Common Core, School Choice & Rethinking Standards-Based Reform. White Paper No. 186
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Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Rebarber, Theodor, and McCluskey, Neal
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The Common Core curriculum standards represent the culmination of nearly three decades of federally driven centralization of curriculum--including content, pedagogy, and curriculum-based testing--in American K-12 education. Over the course of this period, decisions moved further away from schools and school systems upward toward higher levels of government. In this report, the authors describe the current clash in the education policy arena between the Scientific Management reform of Common Core curricular standards and the Liberation Management reform of parental school choice. The authors spend much of the first half of the report carefully documenting the development, rise, and recent stumble of curriculum standards-based reform, including of the specific type known as Common Core. Much of the second half of the report describes publicly funded private school choice as an alternative reform to Common Core. The cost of private schooling has remained a burden for many families, however, as a household that chooses to send their child to a private school still has to pay taxes in support of public schools their child is not attending as well as increasingly more expensive private school tuition. Public funding of private school choice represents an attempt to make private schooling options accessible to poor families as well as rich ones. The authors point out that educational freedom counts for something as well, and arguably should count for a lot when evaluating education reforms. When families are free to choose their child's school, public or private, the voluntary associations that result may promote civic comity. [Foreword by Patrick J. Wolf.]
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- 2018
17. Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (41st, Kansas City, Missouri, 2018). Volume 2
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Simonson, Michael, and Seepersaud, Deborah
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For the forty-first time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains twenty-seven papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Twenty-one papers dealing with the practice of instructional technology including instruction and training issues are contained in Volume 2. [For Volume 1, see ED600551.]
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- 2018
18. Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (39th, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2016). Volume 2
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology and Simonson, Michael
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For the thirty-ninth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains 24 papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Fifteen papers dealing with the practice of educational communications and technology are contained in Volume 2. The 15 papers included in Volume 2 are: (1) Teaching Strategy for the Development of Creative Thinking of Future Educators of Mexico, through ICT (Clotilde Lomeli Agruel, Aidee Espinosa Pulido, Julieta López Zamora, and Francisco Javier Arriaga Reynaga); (2) Designing a Graduate Supervision MOOC for Faculty Development (Hawazen Alharbi and Michele Jacobsen); (3) Game On: Creatively Using Gaming to Teach the Informed Consent Process to Clinical Research Professionals (Jasmin Berrios); (4) Inquiry Based Learning as an Instructional Strategy to Increase Student Achievement in Math and Science (Reza Chowdhury); (5) Exploring the Implications of Mobile Technology Integration within Higher Education Professional Development (Jeanna R. Cronk); (6) A Rationale for Revising Bloom's [Revised] Taxonomy (Afnan N. Darwazeh); (7) Children Have Rights Too Except When They Don't (Suzanne Ensmann and Lenora Jean Justice); (8) Faculty Development for Online Instruction in Higher Education (Rhonda Gregory and Trey Martindale); (9) Understanding the Use of Tablet Devices in the Classroom When Teaching a Group of Learners Diagnosed with Autism (Andrea Lynn Halabi and Ana-Paula Correia); (10) The Use of Digital Storytelling in Teacher Education (Omer Faruk Islim and Pelin Yuksel Arslan); (11) Creative Solutions for Preventing Cyberbullying: Everyone Deserves to Feel Safe in School (Lenora Jean Justice); (12) Creating Ways to Include LGBTQ Students: Everyone Deserves an Education (Lenora Jean Justice); (13) Using a Video Conferencing Tool in a Face-to-Face Class to Promote Engagement (Miguel Lara and Troy Challenger); (14) Trends and Issues in Instructional Technology and School Library Media Educator Preparation Programs: A Roundtable Discussion (Kelly Paynter and Jimmy Barnes); and (15) The Added Value of Conducting Learning Design Meeting to the Online Course Development Process (Denise Shaver). (Individual papers contain references.) [For Volume 1, see ED579661.]
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- 2016
19. Project-Based Learning: A Literature Review. Working Paper
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MDRC and Condliffe, Barbara
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The concept of project-based learning (PBL) has garnered wide support among a number of K-12 education policy advocates and funders. This working paper builds on and updates a seminal literature review of PBL published in 2000. Focused primarily on articles and studies that have emerged in the 17 years since then, the working paper discusses the principles that underlie PBL, how PBL has been used in K-12 settings, the challenges teachers have confronted in implementing it, how school and district factors influence its adoption, and what is known about its effectiveness in improving students' learning outcomes. PBL is grounded in cross-cutting "design principles" often related to what is taught, how it is taught, and how students should be evaluated in a PBL classroom. PBL design principles emphasize the importance of the project as the central vehicle of instruction and of students as active participants in the construction of knowledge. There is little consensus among developers of PBL design principles, however, about how PBL fits in with other instructional methods, how long a PBL unit should last, the roles of student choice and collaborative learning, and how learning should be assessed. The lack of a uniform vision complicates efforts to determine whether PBL is being implemented with fidelity and to evaluate its effects. PBL can be introduced into classrooms in a number of ways: Teachers and schools can make use of externally developed PBL curricula, they can develop their own PBL approaches, or PBL can be part of a whole-school reform effort. Implementing PBL is often challenging. It requires that teachers modify their roles (from directors to facilitators of learning) and that they tolerate not only ambiguity but also more noise and movement in the classroom. Teachers must adopt new classroom management skills and learn how best to support their students in learning, using technology when appropriate. And they must believe that their students are fully capable of learning through this approach. Given these challenges, professional development -- both initial training and continuing support -- is likely to be essential to the successful implementation of PBL. The working paper suggests that the evidence for PBL's effectiveness in improving students' outcomes is "promising but not proven." Evaluations of its effectiveness have been hampered by the paucity of valid, reliable, and readily usable measures of the kinds of deeper learning and interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies that PBL aims to promote. Many studies, too, have used evaluation designs that leave open the possibility that factors other than PBL were responsible for the outcomes that were found. This said, some studies have found positive effects associated with the use of PBL curricula in science and social studies classes. Evidence for its effectiveness in math and literacy classes is more limited. In particular, it has been noted that math teachers have found it difficult to integrate PBL into their instruction. Some studies in schools that follow PBL approaches have pointed to positive effects on students' engagement, motivation, and beliefs in their own efficacy, although the specific PBL model and the intensity of its use have varied across these schools. The working paper concludes with recommendations for advancing research and knowledge about PBL. [This paper was written with: Janet Quint, Mary G. Visher, Michael R. Bangser, Sonia Drohojowska, Larissa Saco, and Elizabeth Nelson. An earlier version of this paper was funded and published by Lucas Education Research.]
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- 2017
20. Constructing a Learner-Centered Syllabus: One Professor's Journey. IDEA Paper #60
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IDEA Center and Richmond, Aaron S.
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Educators increasingly agree that a learner-centered syllabus is associated with better rapport between students and teachers and increased student motivation, achievement, and empowerment. Accordingly, in 2009 Cullen and Harris developed a rubric for assessing the degree to which a syllabus is learner-centered versus teacher-centered. To date, however, there has been no such resource to explain how to actually construct a learner-centered syllabus. Therefore, I set out to provide a primer: In the first half of this paper, I review the history of syllabus construction and then discuss the research that assesses the impact of learner-centered syllabi. In the second half, I provide an assessment tool for teachers, based on the work of Cullen and Harris, for evaluating a syllabus to determine its learner-centeredness. I then explain specific elements of a learner-centered syllabus and provide examples of how to include these elements in your syllabus.
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- 2016
21. Massachusetts Charter Public Schools: Best Practices in Curricular Innovation. White Paper No. 141
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Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Center for School Reform and Candal, Cara Stillings
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The ongoing push to raise or eliminate the charter school cap in Massachusetts provides an opportunity to reflect upon the purpose of charter schools. When the legislature created the Commonwealth's charter school law, as a part of the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act (MERA), it clearly stated a main reason for these new schools was innovation. Charters were expected to provide new curricular and pedagogical options and even experiment with existing school structures, such as grade configurations and the length of the school day and year. This paper highlights two Massachusetts charter schools that offer curricular opportunities rarely available in other public schools in Massachusetts. Both of these schools enable students to achieve exceptional results in comparison to their peers in traditional district schools. The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School (MVRCS) consistently ranks among the best schools in Massachusetts and the country. It offers two distinct but complementary curricula--the Core Knowledge Curriculum at the elementary and middle school levels and the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum at the high school level. At the Advanced Math and Science Academy (AMSA) in Marlborough, MA science and math are the "driving forces" behind much of the curricular content, but students are exposed to holistic and rigorous content in all subject areas. The curriculum is horizontally and vertically aligned and follows a logical, chronological sequence of content from grade to grade, enabling students to make intellectual connections not just within but also among and between content areas. In the current policy environment, understanding some of the important innovations that charter schools offer to students and families can productively inform the debate. The schools profiled in this white paper are providing high caliber educational opportunities and interesting curricular options to students and families in the communities that they serve.
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- 2016
22. Massachusetts Charter Public Schools: Best Practices Using Data to Improve Student Achievement in Holyoke. White Paper No. 143
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Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Center for School Reform and Candal, Cara Stillings
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Holyoke Community Charter School (HCCS) provides high quality educational opportunities to students and families in a city where such opportunities are not widely available. A long waitlist, high lottery subscription, and low attrition rate are all evidence of community demand for the school. Student outcomes that surpass the district of Holyoke attract parents and help to put students on the path to college success. Despite its success, HCCS has been the target of charter critics because of its association with the for-profit educational management organization SABIS. Most critics are focused on the organization's worldwide presence and for-profit status. They are unable to describe the SABIS approach or the extent to which it enables students to succeed. They also have limited or inaccurate information about why schools would choose SABIS. This white paper shines a light on Holyoke Community Charter School and the SABIS-designed systems that the school uses; systems that relate to curriculum, assessments, and the gathering of school level data pertaining to both. Drawing upon school- and state-generated data and interviews with HCCS students and faculty, this cases study describes how SABIS's integrated approach to curriculum, assessment, and data-driven instruction engages students in a way that encourages them to take ownership of their own learning--something rarely seen in schools, especially at the K-8 level.
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- 2016
23. Measurement of Mathematics Content, Instructional Practices, and Textbook Use in K-12 Mathematics Classrooms: An Annotated Bibliography. Working Paper #54
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Michigan State University, Education Policy Center, Bezem, Pablo, and Cogan, Leland S.
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The purpose of this annotated bibliography was to inform an effort to create instruments that would yield indicators of the extent to which the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics or similar standards are implemented in classroom instruction. Reviewed here are instruments reflecting: coverage of classroom content, use of specific instructional practices, and use of textbooks in K-12 mathematics classrooms in the United States.
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- 2016
24. Private Tutoring in Bangladesh: Its Implications and Suggestions for Policy Change, in Order to Mitigate Its Adverse Effects on the Education System
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Mashraky Mustary
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Private tutoring has become a pervasive phenomenon in Bangladesh, with significant implications for educational equity and quality. This paper examines the policy landscape surrounding private tutoring and proposes comprehensive strategies to mitigate its adverse effects on the education system. Through a systematic review of existing literature and policy documents, this study elucidates the multifaceted challenges posed by private tutoring, including exacerbating educational inequalities, compromising teacher accountability, and perpetuating a two-tiered education system. Drawing on insights from international experiences and stakeholder consultations, the paper presents a framework for policy interventions tailored to the context of Bangladesh. These interventions encompass regulatory measures, teacher training and capacity-building initiatives, curriculum reforms, and community engagement strategies. Furthermore, the paper explores the potential synergies between formal schooling and supplementary tutoring services to harness the benefits of private tutoring while addressing its negative externalities. By illuminating the complex dynamics surrounding private tutoring and offering evidence-based policy recommendations, this research aims to catalyze informed dialogue and action among policymakers, educators, and civil society stakeholders to foster a more equitable and inclusive education system in Bangladesh. [For the complete Volume 22 proceedings, see ED656158.]
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- 2024
25. Implementation Processes: Sustainable Integration of Biotechnology Experiments into Schools
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Großbruchhaus, Sara, Schöppner, Patricia, Nerdel, Claudia, Hammann, Marcus, Series Editor, Yarden, Anat, Series Editor, Ergazaki, Marida, Founding Editor, Kampourakis, Kostas, Founding Editor, Zabel, Jörg, Editorial Board Member, Korfiatis, Constantinos, Editorial Board Member, Jimenez Aleixandre, Maria Pilar, Editorial Board Member, Harms, Ute, Editorial Board Member, Reiss, Michael, Editorial Board Member, Gericke, Niklas, Editorial Board Member, El-Hani, Charbel Nino, Editorial Board Member, Dawson, Vaille, Editorial Board Member, Nehm, Ross, Editorial Board Member, McComas, William, Editorial Board Member, Passmore, Cynthia, Editorial Board Member, Grace, Marcus, Editorial Board Member, Knippels, Marie Christine, Editorial Board Member, and Korfiatis, Konstantinos, editor
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- 2024
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26. Redesigning a Student Success Course for Sustained Impact: Early Outcomes Findings. CCRC Working Paper No. 81
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Columbia University, Community College Research Center (CCRC), Mechur Karp, Melinda, Raufman, Julia, Efthimiou, Chris, and Ritze, Nancy
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Many community colleges offer a "student success" course--also known as College 101 or Introduction to College--as a means to help incoming students transition to college and become successful. The typical course is meant to provide key information and address important non-cognitive skills and behavioral expectations with the goal of familiarizing students with the college environment and giving them the tools they need to build important competencies, persist in college, and earn a credential. This paper examines the efforts of Bronx Community College in implementing a redesigned student success course called First Year Seminar (FYS), which is intended to better support students than a typical student success course by incorporating academic content, skill-building exercises, and applied teaching pedagogies, among other features, into the course. Based on both qualitative and quantitative analysis, our study finds that FYS participation is associated with positive student outcomes that appear to be sustained for a longer period of time than what is typically found for students taking a traditional student success course. The focus of FYS on student-centered pedagogy and on integrated course content appears to be beneficial. Our findings also suggest that when students have the opportunity to practice student success and basic academic skills within the context of an improved student success course, they are likely to apply those skills in future courses, potentially increasing their long-term educational attainment.
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- 2015
27. Rigor and Relevance: A New Vision for Career and Technical Education. A White Paper.
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American Youth Policy Forum, Washington, DC. and Brand, Betsy
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Federal funding for career and technical education (CTE) should move from a state grant program to a competitive grant approach in order to disrupt an entitlement mentality and instead support the creation of high quality CTE programs with improved student outcomes. Funds should be used to develop and expand CTE programs to begin in 9th grade and continue to postsecondary education, with 5% to conduct or support research and demonstrations of new CTE curricula, 20% to states, and 75% allocated on a competitive basis to schools. In grades 9-10, the program would focus on academic foundations in the context of careers. In the upper grades, programs might include career-themed schools, career academies located in comprehensive high schools, technical schools with career clusters, and early or middle college high schools with a career theme. At the postsecondary level, the focus would be more occupational and technical. At the secondary level, progress would be measured by aligning with the No Child Left Behind Act and by reduced high school drop out rates, increased entry into postsecondary education, and attainment of technical or occupational competencies. (SLR)
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- 2003
28. Federal Overreach and Common Core. White Paper No. 133
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Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Center for School Reform and Evers, Williamson M.
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This report provides the historical background and interpretive analysis needed to understand controversies surrounding Common Core and its associated tests. In this report, Williamson M. Evers presents a revised and expanded version of his expert report for "Jindal v. United States Department of Education et al.," No. 14-CV- 534 (M.D. La), that includes the following four points: (1) That longstanding federal statutes contain prohibitions on the federal government in general--and the U.S Department of Education in particular--from directing or controlling curriculum; (2) That Common Core in combination with its associated tests are components of curriculum and put the country on the path to a national curriculum; (3) That, notwithstanding the role of the state officials and others in the creation of Common Core and its tests, the federal government and its Department of Education got the states to adhere to the Common Core and its associate tests and are enforcing against the states policies aimed at keeping in place these national standards and national tests (or their federally-approved equivalents); and (4) That, although the Common Core and its tests are defended as needed for school-improvement purposes, there is an alternative approach to school improvement that is consistent with the Constitution and federal statutes.
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- 2015
29. Invited Paper: The Times They Are a Changin'--How Non-Technology Factors Have Affected IS Curriculum over Time
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George, Joey F. and Marett, Kent
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Changes to degree programs in Information Systems are often attributed to quickly-evolving technology and the subsequent changing needs of the employers who hire IS graduates. In this paper, we explore other social and economic factors that were the inspiration for curriculum changes by assigning them to one of four eras in the IS timeline. Using enrollment figures and archival data, we identify both legitimate reasons and misconceptions that led to fluctuating programming requirements, the rise and fall of trendy courses, and the wholesale elimination of programs and faculty positions. We conclude the paper by using our findings to speculate what the future of IS education could look like and how degree programs should prepare for the next era of IS academia.
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- 2019
30. Accelerating the Integrated Instruction of Developmental Reading and Writing at Chabot College. CCRC Working Paper No. 71
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Columbia University, Community College Research Center (CCRC), Edgecombe, Nikki, Jaggars, Shanna Smith, Xu, Di, and Barragan, Melissa
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This paper uses qualitative and quantitative data to compare the outcomes of students at Chabot College who participated in an accelerated, one-semester developmental English course and their peers who participated in a two-semester sequence. The sample included first-time students who entered college between summer 1999 and fall 2010; students were tracked for up to five years. Propensity score matching and regression analyses show that participation in the accelerated course was positively associated with a range of positive short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes, including entry-level college English completion, credit accumulation, grade point average, transfer to a four-year institution, and certificate and degree attainment. To better understand the quantitative findings, the authors draw on data from interviews with faculty, administrators, and staff; student focus groups; and classroom observations. The authors posit that the benefits of an accelerated course structure are amplified at Chabot College by a developmental English curriculum that is well aligned with college-level English and that develops critical academic literacy skills.
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- 2014
31. This We Believe: Developmentally Responsive Middle Level Schools. A Position Paper.
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National Middle School Association, Columbus, OH.
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Following the introduction of the middle school in the 1960s with its advocacy of a 5-8 or 6-8 grade configuration, no comprehensive statement appeared to crystallize the educational beliefs inherent in this emerging educational reform effort. This paper is not just a revision of the 1982 position statement, but a "re-vision" of middle level education. The paper is offered as a guide to assist in achieving developmentally responsive educational programs for young adolescents. The rationale for middle level schools is discussed in view of the characteristics and needs of young adolescents as well as the rapid changes in society. Six general characteristics of young adolescent educational programs are identified, which, when operational, would enable schools to make the most appropriate program decisions. These are: (1) educators committed to young adolescents; (2) a shared vision of middle level education; (3) high expectations for all students; (4) an adult advocate for every student's academic and personal development; (5) family and community partnerships; and (6) a positive school climate. The six major middle level program components are defined as: (1) curriculum that is challenging, integrative, and exploratory; (2) varied teaching and learning approaches; (3) assessment and evaluation that promote learning; (4) flexible organizational structures; (5) programs and policies that foster health, wellness, and safety; and (6) comprehensive guidance and support services. These twelve characteristics delineate a vision of what developmentally responsive middle schools could be and should be. (BAC)
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- 1995
32. Developing and Evaluating an Eighth Grade Curriculum Unit That Links Foundational Chemistry to Biological Growth. Paper #1: Selecting Core Ideas and Practices -- An Iterative Process
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Roseman, Jo Ellen, Herrmann-Abell, Cari, and Flanagan, Jean
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Researchers at AAAS and BSCS have developed a six-week unit that aims to help middle school students learn important chemistry ideas that can be used to explain growth and repair in animals and plants. By integrating core physical and life science ideas and engaging students in the science practices of modeling and constructing explanations, the unit is designed to address major recommendations in national standards documents, including the National Research Council's "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (2012). In this paper, the authors focus on the iterative design process used to select and refine a set of learning goals for the unit that target the three dimensions of science learning identified in the "Framework"--science core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts. The paper also describes the data on alignment, classroom implementation, and student and teacher learning that informed the revision of the learning goals through three iterations of the unit. Numerous examples are provided to illustrate the kinds of design issues that arose and how they were resolved to address the challenges inherent in taking a standards-based approach to curriculum design. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.)
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- 2013
33. Invited Paper: The Transition from MIS Departments to Analytics Departments
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Urbaczewski, Andrew and Keeling, Kellie B.
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This paper takes a look backward while simultaneously looking to the future for MIS departments that are making the transition to Analytics departments. MIS has a long past of providing a base of skills supporting organizations. We examine this history as well as how the blending of MIS with business translator and modeling skills has led to the development of analytics programs and concentrations. While the transition to analytics has taken place in many MIS departments at least partially, the question is how long analytics will remain a focus and when will the next major shift occur.
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- 2019
34. Research-Oriented Framework of Training Philology Students' Research Skills Based on Corpus Analytical Software
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Valyukevych, Tetyana V., Zinchenko, Olha Z., Ishchenko, Yevhenii O., Artemov, Volodymyr, and Nechaiuk, Liudmyla G.
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The purpose of the study was to explore how technological advances incorporated into the Philology Studies curriculum could impact the students' research skills and the quality of their research projects and what students' and teachers' impressions of the reshaped research component of the curriculum were. The study used qualitative and quantitative methods with the dominance of qualitative methods. It employed the baseline study, checklist to assess students' research papers, assessment criteria, and the Triangular Assessment Method to assess the students' papers. The consensus meeting was held to allow the experts to express their reasoning for the scores. The semi-structured interview was administered to the students' and teachers' to identify their impressions of the reshaped research component of the curriculum of philology. The technological advances incorporated into Philology Studies curriculum improve the students' research skills and the quality of their research projects. Both students and teachers appreciated the reshaped research component of the curriculum. The analytical software can be successfully incorporated in the corpus analysis-purpose student research. The students found the intervention a challenging experience that 'pumped up' their intellectual, research, and technical skills. They reported improvement in interpreting corpus using correlations, frequencies, distributions, and collecting information using software to organise it in a professional way. The lecturers agreed that the technology-based instructional model incorporated into Philology Studies curriculum improved both students' research skills and the quality of their research projects.
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- 2021
35. Invited Paper: IS2010--A Retrospective Review and Recommendation
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Leidig, Paul M., Ferguson, Roger C., and Reynolds, John H.
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The Information System (IS) model curriculum has been advanced by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the Association for Information Systems (AIS), and other associations since the 1970s. The IS2002 and IS2010 curriculum models have been positively received by both academic institutions and industry alike. Each of these models used design principles to help guide the development process; these principles included concepts such as maximizing program flexibility or course sequencing to improve depth of knowledge. The most current undergraduate model (IS2010) that guides university curriculum is nearly 10 years old. In today's IS field, a curriculum should address previous design concepts; plus the environment in which IS professionals work has become even more dynamic and multifaceted. Given these challenges, a new IS model curriculum would benefit by including more programming concepts along with course sequencing. The authors propose a two-course sequence in areas such as computer programming to increase depth of knowledge and keep some program flexibility. Further, the authors recommend: (1) require a minimum amount of programming, (2) require technical infrastructure coverage, (3) allow for specialization, (4) specify sequencing to provide depth, and (5) identify both core competencies and course structure. These recommendations are not a criticism but build a new model with the strengths and knowledge gained in the past 10 years.
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- 2019
36. Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts from the Scaling Innovation Project. CCRC Working Paper No. 61
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Columbia University, Community College Research Center, Edgecombe, Nikki, Cormier, Maria Scott, Bickerstaff, Susan, and Barragan, Melissa
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In this paper, the authors draw on empirical data from CCRC's Scaling Innovation project to examine trends in developmental education instructional reform and outline a framework for reform adoption and adaptation. The paper's findings are based on two qualitative data sources: a scan of developmental education reforms that involved changes to curricula, course structure, and/or pedagogy; and fieldwork conducted at 11 colleges working to replicate high-potential instructional innovations developed at other colleges. The data suggest that colleges tend to enact developmental education reforms in ways that may unintentionally undermine their potential benefits. The authors present a framework for engaging practitioners in activities that will increase the impact of their developmental education reforms while strengthening institutional capacity. Appended are: (1) Scaling Innovation Partner Programs; and (2) Methods.
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- 2013
37. Developing and Evaluating an Eighth Grade Curriculum Unit That Links Foundational Chemistry to Biological Growth: Paper 5--Using Teacher Measures to Evaluate the Promise of the Intervention
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Flanagan, Jean C., Herrmann-Abell, Cari F., and Roseman, Jo Ellen
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AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) is collaborating with BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) in the development of a curriculum unit for eighth grade students that connects fundamental chemistry and biology concepts to better prepare them for high school biology. Recognizing that teachers play an influential role in delivering the curriculum to students, we developed teacher support materials and professional development designed to help teachers use the unit effectively. In order to learn about the promise of the teacher support materials, we developed an assessment targeting aspects of participating teachers' (n = 8) science content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for the specific learning goals of the unit. Specifically, the assessment targeted three areas of teachers' knowledge: 1) content knowledge 2) knowledge of student thinking, and 3) knowledge of strategies to move student thinking forward, across four item contexts: 1) chemical reactions, 2) conservation of mass, 3) flow of matter in living systems, and 4) plant growth. Teachers took the assessment three times: before PD, after PD, and after teaching the unit. The assessment items were mainly constructed response and were scored using indicators of success and difficulty. Teachers made gains over time in most of the knowledge areas and across most of the contexts. Areas where they did not make clear progress, or where their knowledge was particularly low, indicated that either the assessment instrument or the teacher support materials could be improved. Revisions based on these findings are reported. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
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- 2013
38. Annual Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (36th, Anaheim, California, 2013). Volume 2
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology and Simonson, Michael
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For the thirty-sixth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Anaheim, California. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with the practice of instructional technology including instruction and training issues are contained in Volume 2. (Individual papers contain references.) [For Volume 1, see ED546877.]
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- 2013
39. An Adult Higher Education: A Vision. A Policy Discussion Paper.
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National Inst. of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester (England).
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The objectives, curriculum, and role of higher education and key policy and practice issues were reassessed against the backdrop of recent and predicted demographic, economic, and political changes and trends in Great Britain. Special consideration was given to the fact that "mature" learners now constitute the majority of entrants into British higher education. A model was proposed that calls for supporting a learning society by combining the strengths of the following two traditions of British higher education: (1) the pastoral/tutorial models of Oxford, Cambridge, and the new universities of the 1960s; and (2) the vocational and community-based traditions of civic universities and polytechnics. Also developed was an agenda of actions to create a culture where learning is recognized as a universal lifelong activity, empowerment of individuals is seen as key to economic and social development, accreditation seeks to include rather than exclude, higher education is an active contributor to economic activity, diversity is recognized as strength, and the outcomes and achievements of higher education are made explicit. The action agenda contained specific actions regarding the following areas of policy/practice: learner support, curriculum, credit, quality, and resources. Appended is a list of policy group members. (Contains 52 references.) (MN)
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- 1993
40. The Society for the Study of Curriculum History: Meetings and Papers 1977-1991. Compiled for the Society.
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Society for the Study of Curriculum History. and Short, Edmund C.
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This comprehensive document includes 47 papers on historical aspects of curriculum practice, theory, research, and leaders presented at meetings of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History (SSCH) between 1978 and 1991. Following a compiler's introduction, the document is organized into six parts: part 1 provides copies of the official printed programs for all meetings of SSCH from 1978 to 1991; part 2 contains the Index of Available Papers from SSCH from 1978-1991, listing papers by title and author, and indicating where each paper may be found; part 3 contains a document produced for SSCH in 1981 which reproduced 14 papers from the 1978 and 1979 meetings; part 4 contains a document produced for SSCH in 1983 which reproduced 12 papers from the 1978, the 1980, and the 1981 meetings; part 5 consists of a table of contents listing 23 papers published in the book, "Curriculum History," Craig Kridel, editor (Lanham, Maryland, University Press of America, 1989); part 6 contains 22 miscellaneous papers not previously available, assembled alphabetically by author. (LL)
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- 1991
41. The Lumina Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP): Implications for Assessment. Occasional Paper #16
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National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and Ewell, Peter T.
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In January 2011, the Lumina Foundation published its Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) to challenge faculty and academic leaders in the U.S. to think deeply and concretely about aligning expectations for student learning outcomes across higher education. Since then, the DQP has kindled extensive discussions about what the postsecondary degrees granted by American colleges and universities really mean with respect to what graduates know and can do. But the text of the DQP itself provides only limited guidance to stakeholders with respect to assessment. In order to render the Profile's potential real, institutions and their faculties will need to develop consistent and systematic ways to gather evidence that the competencies that the DQP describes are actually being mastered at the levels claimed. In this paper, I explore some of what needs to be done in this area and provide a few tools and techniques (some of which are already in widespread use) that may help us move forward. In offering them, I invite faculties at all our colleges and universities to carefully examine what the DQP asks us to do in designing more aligned and integrated approaches to teaching, learning, and determining student competence--as well as to actively experiment with these ideas and techniques with their colleagues. (Contains 13 footnotes.) [Foreword by George Kuh and Stan Ikenberry and Afterword by Carol Geary Schneider.]
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- 2013
42. Instruction, Assessment, and Learning: From Standardization to a Focus on Students. A Position Paper from the British Columbia Teachers' Federation
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British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) (Canada)
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A fundamental goal of teachers in public schools in British Columbia (BC) is to ensure all students of every age, through the principle of continuous learning, have an equal opportunity to develop their full capacity for artistic, cultural, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth. BC public school teachers believe that the primary purpose of assessment is to support and promote students' learning. They know it is important to use a variety of methods to assess students' progress and meet students' needs. Classroom instruction and assessment practices must be congruent with a belief that learning happens when the individual child is central to, engaged in, and excited by learning. With this focus, and through a series of finely tuned and complex decisions, the teacher's responsibility is to make curricular, instructional, and assessment choices to foster the growth of the whole child. Ongoing classroom assessment allows students to demonstrate, in a variety of ways, what they are learning and thereby informs teaching and learning. Teachers know that learning is a complex process, and that students learn in different ways and at different rates. The proliferation of mandated, district-wide, and provincial testing has taken time away from teaching and learning and has had an effect on the "taught" curriculum, by both narrowing it and making it shallower. The workload on teachers has increased dramatically, adding stress to the job, and forcing some to choose to teach part-time in order to be able to comply with the requirements imposed on the system. The misguided use of school district data has not improved the learning conditions of children nor increased the resources necessary for effective instruction to ensure success for students. The so-called accountability or achievement agenda has not produced any tangible improvements for the education system as a whole nor for the children who attend schools. Teachers are committed to ensuring the best possible education for every child. It is because of this commitment that they are so concerned about the current practices in, and direction of, the public education system. If teachers are being pressured to act in ways that are harmful to children, causing children undue stress, short-changing them on exciting educational opportunities, labeling them as failures because of their language, class, or gender then there is a need to change what is being done. This paper contends that educational policy and practice must shift away from standardization and return to focusing on student's individual learning needs.
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- 2009
43. ENGLISH WRITING, APPROACHES TO COMPOSITION.
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Euclid English Demonstration Center, OH.
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THIS COLLECTION OF PAPERS BY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE EUCLID ENGLISH DEMONSTRATION CENTER FOCUSES ON APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF COMPOSITION IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE PAPERS ARE (1) "LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION," BY JAMES F. MCCAMPBELL, (2) "COMPOSING--EPIPHANY AND DETAIL," BY JOSEPH DYESS, (3) "THE LANGUAGE COMPOSITION ACT," BY LESTER E. ANGENE, (4) "AN APPROACH TO CREATIVITY IN POETRY," BY JACK L. GRANFIELD, AND (5) "VALUES OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS," BY GEORGE HILLOCKS. APPENDED IS A PART OF THE NINTH-GRADE AVERAGE CURRICULUM, A UNIT ON THE NEWSPAPER DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO WRITE, EDIT, ORGANIZE, AND PUBLISH AN ISSUE OF THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER. LESSONS IN THE UNIT INCLUDE OBJECTIVES, SUGGESTED TEACHING PROCEDURES, EXERCISES, AND STUDY GUIDES. THIS COLLECTION OF PAPERS ($0.50) AND THE NEWSPAPER UNIT ($0.50) ARE AVAILABLE (LIMITED SUPPLY) FROM CHARLES C. ROGERS, PROJECT UPGRADE, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY, P.O. BOX 771, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA 29801. (DL)
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- 2024
44. STRUCTURE AND TEACHING, BUILDING THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM.
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Euclid English Demonstration Center, OH.
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THIS GUIDE FOR GRADES 7, 8, AND 9 IS INTRODUCED BY TWO PAPERS--"APPROACHES TO MEANING, A BASIS FOR CURRICULUM IN LITERATURE" AND "THE THEME-CONCEPT UNIT IN LITERATURE," BOTH BY GEORGE HILLOCKS--WHICH DESCRIBE THE BUILDING OF A CURRICULUM IN ENGLISH UPON THE STRUCTURE AND PRINCIPLES DEVELOPED BY THE EUCLID ENGLISH DEMONSTRATION CENTER. THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING A TEACHING UNIT IS EXPLAINED, AND THE FOLLOWING UNITS ARE INCLUDED--(1) ALLEGORY AND SYMBOLISM (GRADE 8 HONORS), (2) ANIMAL STORIES (GRADE 7 AVERAGE), (3) THE OUTCAST (GRADE 9 AVERAGE), (4) SURVIVAL (GRADE 9 AVERAGE), (5) PROTEST (GRADE 9 AVERAGE), AND (6) ALLEGORY AND SYMBOLISM (GRADE 7 HONORS). INDIVIDUAL PAPERS ON THE FIRST FOUR UNITS ARE PROVIDED AND UNITS CONTAIN OVERVIEWS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND LESSON PLANS WHICH SUGGEST TEACHING PROCEDURES, EXERCISES, AND STUDY GUIDES. COPIES OF THE SIX UNITS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE (LIMITED SUPPLY) FROM CHARLES C. ROGERS, PROJECT UPGRADE, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY, P.O. BOX 771, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA 29801, $0.50 PER UNIT. (DL)
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- 2024
45. AN INTRODUCTION TO A CURRICULUM.
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Euclid English Demonstration Center, OH.
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THIS COLLECTION OF PAPERS SERVES AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EUCLID ENGLISH DEMONSTRATION CENTER'S JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. IN ADDITION TO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND OUTLINES OF THE AVERAGE AND HONORS CURRICULA, THE FOLLOWING PAPERS ARE INCLUDED--(1) "THE THEME-CONCEPT UNIT IN LITERATURE," (2) "APPROACHES TO MEANING--A BASIS FOR A CURRICULUM IN LITERATURE," (3) "A CURRICULUM IN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FOR AVERAGE STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE," (4) "A UNIT ON THE OUTCAST," (5) "A CURRICULUM IN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FOR JUNIOR HIGH HONORS STUDENTS," (6) "A REMEDIAL PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS," (7) "SOME APPROACHES TO COMPOSITION," (8) "SEMANTICS AND THE JUNIOR HIGH CURRICULUM," AND (9) "THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM." A LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES OF THIS INTRODUCTION ARE AVAILABLE FROM CHARLES C. ROGERS, PROJECT UPGRADE, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY, P.O. BOX 771, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA 29801, $0.50. (DL)
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- 2024
46. Results of the Early Math Project -- Scale-Up Cross-Site Results. Working Paper
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Vanderbilt University, Peabody Research Institute (PRI), Hofer, Kerry G., Lipsey, Mark W., Dong, Nianbo, and Farran, Dale C.
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This report summarizes the results of a scale-up project funded by the Institute of Education Sciences in 2006. "Scaling up TRIAD: Teaching Early Mathematics for Understanding with Trajectories and Technologies" was a project that took a preschool mathematics intervention to scale across three sites, following children from their Prekindergarten year--in which the intervention was delivered--through first grade. This study was designed to explore the following research questions: (1) What are the immediate and long-term effects of the intervention on children's math skills?; (2) How much variation was there in effects across sites?; (3) Were curricular effects different for different subgroups of children?; and (4) What are the effects of the math environment and the fidelity of implementation on children's immediate and long term math gains, overall and across sites? [This research was conducted in partnership with Doug Clements and Julie Sarama at the University at Buffalo SUNY (recently moved to the University of Colorado).]
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- 2013
47. National Curriculum Development and Initial Reflections on the Mathematics Framing Paper
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Anderson, Judy
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The "National Mathematics Curriculum Framing Paper" has been released for consultation until 28 February 2009 (see www.ncb.org.au). Professional associations, teachers, teacher educators and others are taking the opportunity to organise meetings and forums to consider the views presented in the paper and to provide critical feedback and commentary on the proposed broad directions. The University of Sydney held a National Curriculum Symposium in December to bring together teachers, school system personnel, academics and representatives from the National Curriculum Board to have a "robust and broad ranging discussion" about the four framing papers released by the NCB: English, Mathematics, History and the Sciences. The program for the symposium began with a presentation by Professor Kerry Kennedy about his reflections on national curriculum in Australia over the last 30 years. This was followed by brief presentations by each of the authors of the framing papers. Discussion groups for each of the disciplines considered key questions about the papers with feedback from each group. Finally Rob Randall, the acting Director of the NCB commented on the challenges identified by the discussion groups. In this paper, the author summarises the comments and discussion about curriculum development in general and the "National Mathematics Curriculum Framing Paper" in particular.
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- 2009
48. Getting the Knowledge-Skills Mix Right in High-Level Vocational Education and Training Qualifications. Occasional Paper
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research and Priest, Annie
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This paper aims to contribute to the discussion on the quality and accessibility of underpinning knowledge in competency-based training. It uses the Vocational Graduate Certificate and the Vocational Graduate Diploma in Education Design in a Queensland TAFE [technical and further education] institute to examine how the "traditional" knowledge and theory associated with higher-level qualifications can be accommodated within the framework of competency-based training and assessment. The paper raises some interesting, and provocative, questions about the status and value of these qualifications by comparison with their university counterparts. (Contains 2 footnotes, 2 figures, and 2 tables.)
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- 2009
49. The Content Analysis of the News in the National Papers Concerning the Renewed Primary Curriculum
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Tasdemir, Adem and Kus, Zafer
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The news in the national papers has an important role to inform the people about the content of new primary school curriculum. This study investigated the way of function with the comparison of the studies in the literature. The news concerning the renewed curriculum appearing in the national media in the period between 2004 and 2007 was obtained through document analysis and were compared to scientific studies in terms of consistency. For our purposes, 484 news articles and columns from 14 newspapers which were grouped into 3 categories were examined through document analysis. Consequently, it was found that the highest rate was in the year 2004 and that the rate of concepts decreased as the years passed by. The information on the novel curriculum was brief statements made by officials and was in the form of headings in the early years; yet in the following years such knowledge as the philosophy of the curriculum, its being student-centred as well as details of measurement and evaluation was presented. In the literature, findings related with inadequacy and content/ design categories were seen taking place heavily.
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- 2011
50. Continuity and Respect for Diversity: Strengthening Early Transitions in Peru. Working Papers in Early Childhood Development, No. 56. Studies in Early Childhood Transitions
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Bernard Van Leer Foundation (Netherlands), Ames, Patricia, Rojas, Vanessa, and Portugal, Tamia
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This working paper is part of a series on early transitions from "Young Lives," a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. It explores the diverse experiences of 28 children from four contrasting communities in Peru as they start school. These detailed case studies highlight common problems: exclusion of certain parts of the population from pre-school services, lack of coordination between pre-schools and primary schools, issues with physical punishment and cultural diversity. It proposes four ways in which children's early educational transitions can be enhanced, looking at such factors as educational structures, curriculum planning and teacher training. (Contains 4 figures, 3 tables and 23 footnotes.)
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- 2010
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