This project is an Alternative Culminating Experience for a Master of Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction with an Elective Emphasis on Arts in Education. The project follows pathway III: Project Creation. The project is about fostering schoo . . .

The state of California expects English Learners to learn academic content and oral academic English at the same time and mandates that all students be taught in English. This unit was created to meet the needs of first grade teachers who do not have . . .

Current mathematical instructional practices remain unchanged, allowing educational practices and curriculum to remain shallow, undemanding and diffuse in content coverage (National Research Council, 2001). The standardized math curriculums are basal . . .

Students lack motivation to write. One strategy that can be incorporated to motivate students to write is to use Drama strategies. Drama strategies infused into the English classroom foster enthusiasm for the written word. The researchers in a combina . . .

I designed this project based on my experiences and knowledge in working in elementary schools, and I have created a curriculum guide that is focused on California first grade classrooms. My curriculum guide offers strategies to implement multicultura . . .

This project, a handbook, was designed to incorporate all current research in order to assist instructors in implementing a writing workshop during non-school hours for grades third through sixth. Once used, it is going to provide an opportunity for s . . .

The purpose of this project was to recognize the need for professional development for preschool educators, while introducing the California Preschool Learning Foundations. This project describes what we know about Piagetian theory, recognizes the Reg . . .

A balanced curriculum in elementary schools has been a topic of controversy for many decades. The standards-based reform movement evolved out of this controversy. Standards-based reform was designed to measure students’ academic achievement by mandati . . .

As students move to the upper elementary grades, there is a need to make language arts lessons more interesting and engaging. Instead of solely using the scripted curriculum, which involves mostly seatwork, students should be provided opportunities to . . .

The disappearance of the arts from the elementary classroom is an increasing problem in today’s public school system. The increasing demand for higher test scores has put a strain on the public school classroom. This project was designed in an effort . . .