Curriculum 6132 Final Project

Introduction

The situation under consideration is the continual improvement of the eighth grade math curriculum in Santa Fe Jr . High school . A quarter of this school 's population is made up of Hispanic students . Their math results have indicated that much still has to be done with regard to meeting their needs . Also , the economically disadvantaged students needs also have to be met so that these two categories can catch up with the rest of the eighth graders . Recent reports show that the school 's math curriculum is above the 77 state

's average , consequently , the purpose of this , is to identify a solution to this discrepancy

Article source , name and tile

The article chosen for analysis is called Ritz Model : A model to take theory into practice Old Dominion University ' it is available at HYPERLINK "http /www .odu .edu 7Ejritz /oted885 /ritzmodel .shtml http /www .odu .edu 7Ejritz /oted885 /ritzmodel .shtml its author is known as John Ritz and it was written in the year 2007

Summary of the article

The article is a guide for educators to look for ways on which they can translate theory into practice . The author does this by selecting two major curriculum thinkers in the past . The authors are known as Taba and Zais . The latter were chosen owing to the fact that their models proved systematic methods that could be used to develop curricula

The next issue addressed in the article is how to lay out a curriculum foundation . According...