Year
1987
Season
Fall
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Education and Human Services
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Dr. Marianne Betkouski Barnes
Second Advisor
Dr. Ann Stoddard
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Third Advisor
Dr. G. Pritchy Smith
Abstract
The curriculum developed in this project was designed to meet the requirements of the Clay County gifted program. It provides a comprehensive American history curriculum, discovery through the Civil War, to promote mastery of the content area, increase involvement and interest of students in learning through the reduction of irrelevant and redundant material, and encourage individual initiative for one/sown investigations.
The program consists of a series of independent studies in which the teacher is a facilitator who sets the stage and encourages students' endeavors. The study units developed for this project include objectives representing all levels in Bloom/s Taxonomy.
The curriculum was evaluated by pilot-testing and surveying the students involved, as well as by surveying a team of teachers of the gifted and a university faculty member in social studies education.
Suggested Citation
Parrish, Donna North, "An American History Curriculum for Eighth Grade Gifted Students" (1987). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 675.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/675
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Gifted Education Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons