Word: curriculum
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Dossey's research revealed that in two-thirds of altercations, the officer and the suspect ended up wrestling on the ground; previous training methods had presumed upright resistance. The revised training curriculum emphasizes ground fighting, joint locks and dodging punches and kicks. An officer's initial attempt to grasp a suspect's arm has been replaced with the more flexible "C grip," a loose grab that does not tend to provoke an angry response. They learn to wait for backup so they can use "team takedowns" to apprehend a suspect more easily. Recruits are taught how to "talk someone into...
Eight years later, 40 states have instituted some "standards-based" math programs in their schools, and the National Science Foundation spends $10 million a year on development of comprehensive instructional materials. California has become a leader: one cutting-edge curriculum called MathLand is used, its publishers claim, in 60% of the state's K-6 classrooms--including those in Fernangeles, where MathLand is taught in both English and Spanish. It even has its own Website: 192.216.191.114/. "These kids will be better problem solvers," says Pullman. "They will think more...
While at the College, Stephens volunteered in Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) Fresh Pond Enrichment program, where he taught Windows 95 and an Internet-related curriculum to disadvantaged students...
Paris High School principal Randy Wade agrees. Before he took over, the school had been branded "low performing" because of its TAAS scores. "With the low-performance rating, we knew our backs were against the wall," says Wade. He aligned the curriculum to the test and shortened classes by five minutes in order to create a 35-minute, daily taas tutorial. "We realized we can identify the individual needs of all learners and do a better job--that's what I like about TAAS," he says. Still, Wade laments the denial of graduation to hardworking students and believes "there ought...
However, there is another set of requirements in the undergraduate curriculum that is even more sizable--the set of courses taken for concentration credit...