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Curriculum Problems And Recommendations: Cowden-Herrick Community Consolidated School District 11, Jamie R. Driskill
Curriculum Problems And Recommendations: Cowden-Herrick Community Consolidated School District 11, Jamie R. Driskill
Masters Theses
This field study examines curriculum. Historical developments and trends are enumerated and discussed. A recent development in the field of education, minimal competency testing, and its possible effects on curriculum are reviewed.
Specifically, this paper examines curriculum problem areas in the Cowden-Herrick Community Consolidated School District #11, Cowden, Illinois. The Cowden-Herrick Community Consolidated School District #11 is an elementary (K-8) district with an enrollment of four hundred and twenty students. A survey of administrators and teachers was conducted in the following basic curriculum areas: reading, mathematics, language arts/communication skills, science, and social studies. These five areas were selected as a …
The Ungraded Primary Department: Centennial Lab School, Decatur, Illinois, John Reeves Henry
The Ungraded Primary Department: Centennial Lab School, Decatur, Illinois, John Reeves Henry
Masters Theses
During the summer of 1980, this writer became a member of the faculty of Centennial Laboratory School, 1500 East Condit, Decatur, Illinois. The transfer to Centennial occurred in order to take part in the establishment of an Ungraded Primary Department within that school. This paper examines the rationale, planning, and production of such a department as an integral part of the total educational program of Centennial during the first semester of its existence.
The Ungraded Primary Department is a valuable educational experience for five, six, and seven year old children. It provides flexibility of grouping according to individual needs, a …