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An Interconnected Foundational Art Curriculum, Jessica Ann Knapp Jan 2004

An Interconnected Foundational Art Curriculum, Jessica Ann Knapp

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This project shows the development of an interconnected foundational art curriculum which combines the concepts of organization, studentinvolved classroom assessment, Discipline-Based Art Education, and the elements and principles of design. This project was developed to provide art teachers with a curriculum that would give beginning art students foundational knowledge in art. This project focuses on teaching students a basic foundation for creating and understanding art while incorporating the four disciplines of DBAE. Through an interconnected art curriculum, students will gain a greater understanding of art due to the careful organization of the lessons and student-involved classroom assessment.


The Individualized Program In The Elementary School, Ernest D. Logan Dec 1965

The Individualized Program In The Elementary School, Ernest D. Logan

Graduate Student Research Papers

It is the purpose of this paper to show how democratic processes can be incorporated into the school curriculum in the elementary school by use of the individualized program of instruction.


Preparations For Curriculum Change, Orville Edgar Clough Aug 1964

Preparations For Curriculum Change, Orville Edgar Clough

Graduate Student Research Papers

Today is an era of rapid social and technical change and the schools are faced with the problem of keeping pace to meet the challenge. This means that education must rely more and more upon new methods and innovations. In this paper, these new techniques used in teaching shall be referred to as curriculum change. A curriculum change might occur in one specific learning area, or it could be a reorganization of the entire instructional program. The purpose of this study was (1) to find how needs for change are being justified; (2) to show how teachers are being prepared …


Organizing The Class For Reading Growth, Jack Richard Stapelton Dec 1961

Organizing The Class For Reading Growth, Jack Richard Stapelton

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine and evaluate some of the reading skills that would prove most valuable in the intermediate reading program, (2) to outline the best ways of analyzing the individual child's ability to use these skills, and (3) to collect and develop in an appendix for classroom use various inventories, check lists, standardized tests, and informal tests of appraisal.


Fundamental Criterion And Classification Variables As A Basis For Ability Grouping, Roland W. Sloan Aug 1961

Fundamental Criterion And Classification Variables As A Basis For Ability Grouping, Roland W. Sloan

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to attempt to find how effective ability grouping is in other educational systems, also, to find fundamental criteria and classification variables to aid as a basis for grouping by ability. Often schools are not adequately prepared to make the best use of these new methods. Very often the teachers do not understand some of the philosophies of these new movements. Sometimes, through ignorance or partial knowledge, educators misuse and abuse a new method until it comes into disfavor with the administration and faculty. Consequently, the movement may be discontinued or severely cut. The classroom …