Since textbooks are marketed nationally, they must
comply with content standards for all states, resulting in ten - pound tomes that cover all topics superficially.
«The idea behind arts integration,» says arts - integration specialist Pat Klos, «is that it opens a new door to understanding, so it has to
connect with the content standard for it to make sense.»
The first summer and subsequent four academic - year workshops instructed the participating teachers on how to use game development software and how to create a science - or math - based educational game that aligned
with the content standards from the respective grade level and content area.
In addition to coauthoring Writing for Understanding, and The Primary Coaching Guide, Diana has published articles on integrating reading and
writing with content standards in national peer reviewed journals like Science and Children and Social Studies and the Young Learner.
Though Elm Hill will make every attempt necessary to communicate the content standards to authors and provide a resolution period for works that are determined to
misalign with the content standards, Elm Hill reserves the right to cancel a publishing agreement at any time based on its content evaluation of an author's work.
One danger is that this approach is locked up
with the content standards that may no longer be relevant or do not fulfill social needs.