The education of students in the K-12 grade levels has evolved over the past several years. In today’s classrooms across most of the United States the Common Core State Standards are in place. If these standards are not in place there are others like them adopted. While there have always been standards in place it seems as in recent years that these standards are more public because of different pieces of technology. With the implementation of the CCSS or similar standards testing has also become a hot topic of discussion. The focus of testing is mainly on English language arts and Mathematics. While these two subject areas are important others are being left behind in order to make sure that students produce gains in the tested subjects.
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When looking at the time spent of different subjects it may also be different in all areas of the country. With integration of curriculum students will get more time on the non-tested subjects because it will be what is taught during the time of the tested subjects. Essentially students are receiving the same out of time on all subjects because of how the topics are being taught during different subject timeframes.
An example of this would be teaching about the American Revolution through opinion writing. Students would be learning about a social studies topic, but also learning critical skills about opinion writing. It is essentially like the old saying goes “killing two birds with one stone.” In this case students would be taught about the American Revolution and opinion writing. They will be receiving the mandated time for writing and the teacher is also meeting the standard of teaching about the American …show more content…
These things may have some impact on results, but they may not. It is beyond the control of the researcher to determine what students are in the classrooms that will be observed during this study. The makeup of the classrooms may consist of students that are below, at, or above grade level expectations. These things cannot be known before the study takes place. Some students may have prior experience with some content that is being taught. There is no way to change this and no way to know this prior to the study. It may or may not have an effect on the results of this study. The activities that are planned by the different classroom teachers will likely differ and material will be presented in unique ways. The parameters of this study are in place in order to find what effect integrating curriculum has on students’ test scores. For this reason observations will be conducted of classrooms integrating curriculum and also of non-integrated curriculum classrooms. Observing both types of classrooms will allow the researcher to see if there are differences. The differences will be viewed by percentages based on test scores of students in both classrooms. Students will be learning the same material, but it will be presented in different ways based on which classroom the student is
When looking at the time spent of different subjects it may also be different in all areas of the country. With integration of curriculum students will get more time on the non-tested subjects because it will be what is taught during the time of the tested subjects. Essentially students are receiving the same out of time on all subjects because of how the topics are being taught during different subject timeframes.
An example of this would be teaching about the American Revolution through opinion writing. Students would be learning about a social studies topic, but also learning critical skills about opinion writing. It is essentially like the old saying goes “killing two birds with one stone.” In this case students would be taught about the American Revolution and opinion writing. They will be receiving the mandated time for writing and the teacher is also meeting the standard of teaching about the American …show more content…
These things may have some impact on results, but they may not. It is beyond the control of the researcher to determine what students are in the classrooms that will be observed during this study. The makeup of the classrooms may consist of students that are below, at, or above grade level expectations. These things cannot be known before the study takes place. Some students may have prior experience with some content that is being taught. There is no way to change this and no way to know this prior to the study. It may or may not have an effect on the results of this study. The activities that are planned by the different classroom teachers will likely differ and material will be presented in unique ways. The parameters of this study are in place in order to find what effect integrating curriculum has on students’ test scores. For this reason observations will be conducted of classrooms integrating curriculum and also of non-integrated curriculum classrooms. Observing both types of classrooms will allow the researcher to see if there are differences. The differences will be viewed by percentages based on test scores of students in both classrooms. Students will be learning the same material, but it will be presented in different ways based on which classroom the student is