Differentiated Instruction in Practice: Curriculum Adjustments in Kindergarten

Ethics instruction in the dental hygiene curriculum.

PURPOSE Dental hygiene ethics is an essential component of the dental hygiene curriculum. The accreditation standards for dental hygiene education state that graduates must be competent in applying ethical concepts to the provision and/or support of oral health care services. Although the standards for entry into the profession of dental hygiene emphasize the importance of ethical reasoning, th...

Direct Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten: Teaching for Breadth versus Depth

Exploring the Amount and Type of Writing Instruction during Language Arts Instruction in Kindergarten Classrooms.

The objective of this exploratory investigation was to examine the nature of writing instruction in kindergarten classrooms and to describe student writing outcomes at the end of the school year. Participants for this study included 21 teachers and 238 kindergarten children from nine schools. Classroom teachers were videotaped once each in the fall and winter during the 90 minute instructional ...

A Smart curriculum for middle-school science instruction: A Web-based curriculum integrating assessment and instruction

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A Pre-kindergarten Curriculum Supplement Running Head: a Pre-kindergarten Curriculum Supplement a Pre-kindergarten Curriculum Supplement for Enhancing Mainstream American English Knowledge in Non-mainstream American English Speakers

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a curriculum supplement designed to enhance awareness of Mainstream American English (MAE) in African American English(AAE) speaking pre-kindergarten children. Method: Children in two Head Start classrooms participated in the study. The experimental classroom (n = 13) received the Talking and Learning for Kindergarten (TALK) pro...