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| High/Scope K-3 Curriculum. A comprehensive method for organizing and managing classroom environments and instructional activities to help at-risk students improve their school achievement and literacy skills by giving them opportunities to initiate and engage in learning activities that contribute to their cognitive, social, and physical development. |
Audience Approved by PEP for students in grades K-3 and their families.
Description The High/Scope K-3 Curriculum views children as active learners who learn best when they themselves plan, carry out, and reflect upon activities. Teaching staff observe, support, and extend children's activities by maintaining a daily routine that permits children to learn actively and construct their own knowledge; arranging instructional activity centers in the classroom to provide learning experiences in math, language, science, art, social studies, movement, and music that match children's needs and address appropriate content, skills, and concepts in these areas; joining in the children's activities, asking questions that extend children's plans, and helping them think; organizing daily small-group instructional workshops involving concepts and skills in all of the content areas; and engaging children in key child development experiences that help them learn to make choices and solve problems. Other features of the program include a child observation assessment technique, an emphasis on parent involvement, and a nationwide training network.
Evidence of Effectiveness At-risk students in classrooms utilizing the High/Scope K-3 Curriculum score significantly higher on overall achievement and subtests in reading, language, math, science, and social studies on standardized achievement tests than comparison students in classrooms with a traditional K-3 curriculum.
Requirements No special equipment or materials are required beyond the computers and developmentally appropriate manipulative and print materials that should be present in all good K-3 classrooms. However, classrooms need to be rearranged into activity areas. Training is open to administrators and teaching and caregiving staff working with children five to nine years old in public and private elementary schools and day care centers and homes. Several training options are available for teacher training through High/Scope.
Costs The cost for two-day workshop activities is $125/person for groups of 40 or more. Handout materials are included in this fee. Services on a consulting or contractual basis are available according to local needs. Consulting fees and travel expenses are negotiated on an individual basis. Week-long institutes can also be scheduled for groups of 20 or more participants. Institute fees are $400/person plus travel costs for High/Scope staff. Customized implementation plans include training for up to three years with costs ranging from $28,500 to $65,000 depending upon location, group size, and duration of the training activities. Videotapes (five total) are recommended for each program at a cost of $450. Printed teacher curriculum guides and supporting materials are required for each classroom, at a cost of $230.
Services In addition to training and materials, follow-up consultation is available.
Developmental Funding: U.S. Department of Education, Follow Through Program, state, and other.
PEP No. 92-8 (3/92)
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