1 A Dose of Reality: Twelve Steps in Developing "Real-World" Lesson Plans Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Developed by the Illinois Mid-South Regional Partnership Coalition and South Illinois business and industry, this document assists teachers in producing classroom materials that demonstrate real-world applications of academic content. It provides a framework for involving local business and industry in the development of locally relevant lessons.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 2 Implementing Contextual Teaching and Learning: Middle and High School Student Perceptions of Classes Taught by CTL Novice Teachers Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Professional Commentary: This report studies the effects of the implementation of a contextual approach to teaching and learning by a group of teachers in their first or second years of service. Significantly, the students reported being engaged with the subject matter, feeling that they had learned the material.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Construction Technologies, Education & Training, Engineering & Science Technologies, Finance, Government & Public Administration, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing, Transportation Systems, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 3 Contextual Learning in Adult Education: Practice Application Brief No. 12 Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Professional Commentary: This brief examines the use of contextual learning in adult education. Following an overview of contextual learning, it reviews some recent research and writing on contextual learning in adult education and concludes with some recommendations for practice.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 4 Vocational Information Center Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Professional Commentary: Generated by a Carl Perkins grant, this site provides a multitude of resources for career-technical teachers and teachers of academic content material who are looking to meld the two disciplines. In addition, it provides a wide range of links to a variety of useful "vocational education" sites that can be used both in the applied and the academic context.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 5 A Review of Project Based Learning Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Professional Commentary: This review examines research related to a teaching and learning model popularly referred to as "Project-Based Learning" (PBL). All of the research on Project-Based Learning has taken place in the past ten years and most of it in just the last few years.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 6 Restructuring Student Experiences Using Tech Prep Mapping to Integrate Vocational and Academic Curriculum Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Professional Commentary: Restructuring of career-technical schools must include the integration of vocational and academic curriculum in order to provide students with practice in applying academic skills in a contextual framework.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 7 Authentic Intellectual Work and Standardized Tests: Conflict or Coexistence? Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Professional Commentary: This study, led by Fred Newmann of the University of Wisconsin, illustrates that students who have been exposed to authentic work in the classroom outperform their peers on standardized tests. This easy-to-digest article explains the process of developing contextual lessons and the theories behind their effective use.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Construction Technologies, Education & Training, Engineering & Science Technologies, Finance, Government & Public Administration, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing, Transportation Systems, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 8 New Small Learning Communities: Findings from Recent Literature Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Professional Commentary: This article not only reviews the compelling reasons for moving toward small learning communities, it also presents those techniques which, if implemented in a small school setting, will ensure its success. The author sternly warns that simpling paring down the size of the high school without actually implementing any of the elements of restructuring will guarantee failure.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 9 Center for Problem-based Learning Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–12 Professional Commentary: This resource provides extensive information about how to use problem-based learning as an instructional approach. Users will find many well-developed materials, including a tutorial which guides beginners through the basic steps of problem-based learning.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Construction Technologies, Engineering & Science Technologies, Information Technology, Manufacturing Technologies, Transportation Systems, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 10 Rubrics & Scoring: Introduction and Key Ideas Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Rubrics & Scoring is part of the PALS (Performance Assessment Links in Science) website. This portion of the site provides an introduction to rubric use, guidelines for developing rubrics, a list of common development errors, and analysis of two rubrics.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Construction Technologies, Education & Training, Engineering & Science Technologies, Finance, Government & Public Administration, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing, Transportation Systems Projects: Standards First |