Similar to the traditional curricular approach, more and more schools are opting for SEL instruction that is embedded into
core content areas such as reading and math.
While the transcript is still in its infancy, organizers say it will resemble a website that each school will be able customize by choosing from a menu of skills like critical thinking, creativity, and self - directed learning, along with
core content areas such as algebraic reasoning.
Not exact matches
Key
areas which will be monitored are high entries for qualifications that are not
core subjects; double entry in qualifications that overlap in
content such as statistics and free standing mathematics qualifications; and entry for GCSEs in English language and literature when «the latter is not taught with sufficient time to support effective achievement».
The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school
content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives,
such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information,
such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure
core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.
Beginning teachers who teach
core subjects,
such as mathematics and Japanese language arts, collaborate extensively with more experienced teachers in the same
content area.
Word lists and learning activities are aligned to the kindergarten Common
Core Curriculum and cover grade level concepts,
such as sight word recognition and syllable segmentation, as well as
content area vocabulary.
The «v1.05» update offered for the Japanese version back in July added around 30 hours» worth of extra
content, and tweaked a few details from the
core game (
such as making the Hollow
Area map easier to navigate).