[University of South Alabama]

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

Selected Resources

http://library.southalabama.edu
August 2006
(251) 460-7025

The following is a guide to library resources that may prove useful. It is not an exhaustive list; please consult a reference librarian for help in locating additional materials.  You may direct queries to webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

INDEXES & ABSTRACTS

ERIC. 
On SOUTHcat Plus, the University Library home page, select Articles, Indexes, Databases. ERIC links to some complete articles & documents (ED####).
Professional Development Collection.
Search ERIC (which cites documents as well as journals) and Professional Development at the same time by selecting both databases for searching. Some of the ERIC limiters won't work if this is done.
Professional Collection .  
Link through Gale/InfoTrac.
Dissertation Abstracts 
Click on Articles, Indexes, Databases.  Choose D in the alphabetical list of databases.  No full text (complete dissertations) but you will find citations and abstracts. The dissertations may be requested through ILL (Interlibrary Loan).
GPO Access. 
Indexes selected government documents, including the U.S. Department of Education. Approach through Government Documents or Articles, Indexes, Databases. The Library will have many titles in its Government Documents depository collection.

CURRICULUM GUIDES

Alabama Course of Study: Arts Education.  7-day  Reserve L 116 .B2 1998 no. 17
Alabama Course of Study:  Foreign Languages. 7-day Reserve L 116 .B2 1998 no. 19
Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies. 7-day Reserve L 116 .B2 1998 no. 18
Alabama Course of Study: Health Education. 7-day Reserve L 116 .B2 1997 no. 5
Alabama Course of Study: Physical Education. 7-day Reserve L 116 .B2 1997 no. 6
Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics. 7-day Reserve L 116 .B2 1997 no. 4
Kraus Curriculum Development Library.  Microforms. 1989 only.
Kraus Curriculum Development Library. Cumulative Subject Index.  Microforms Z 5814 .C9 K7

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Essential Guide to Childrens Books and Their Creators. Bookstacks PS 490 .E85 2002              
How’s It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers.                               
Bookstacks LB 1576 .A6159 2000               
Educational and Psychological Perspectives on Stress in Student, Teachers, and Parents. 
Bookstacks  LB 1027.5 .P523 1993               
SB&F Best Lists.  Best Books for Children.   http://www.sbfonline.com  
aka Science Books and Films.
Science in Elementary Education.  9th edition.  Bookstacks LB 1585 .G4 2002
Accompanying CD ROM is in Instructional Media Center (same call no.)  

SECONDARY EDUCATION

ArtEdNet. Getty Educational Institute. http://www.getty.edu/artsednet
Teaching Writing: Teachers of High School English and First Year Composition.                               
Bookstacks PE 1404 .T42 2002               
Beyond Formulas in Mathematics and Teaching.  Bookstacks QA 159 .C48 2000               
Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning.AASL.
Bookstacks Z 711.2 .I49 1998               
Peacebuilding  for Adolescents:  Strategies for Educators and Community Leaders.                               
Bookstacks JZ 5534 .P43 1999               
Whose History?  The Struggle for National Standards in American Classrooms.                               
Bookstacks D 16.3 .S96 2002

DICTIONARIES - ENCYCLOPEDIAS - HANDBOOKS

Assessing Student Understanding in Science: A Standards-Based K-12 Handbook.                               
Bookstacks LB 1585.3 .E53 2001               
Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education. 2nd ed. Ref. LC 4007 .E53 2002               
Dictionary of Multicultural Education. Ref. LC 1099 .D53 1997               
Standards and Schooling in the United States:  An Encyclopedia.                               
Bookstacks LB 2822.82 .S82 2001               
World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Systems Worldwide.  2nd edition.                               
Ref. LB 15 .W84 2002

READING: RECENT PUBLICATIONS        

Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties. 2nd ed. Ref. LB 105.5 .G846 2002
Children’s Reading and Mathematics Achievement in Kindergarten and First Grade. 2002.                               
Link from book record in SOUTHcat                
Essential Reading Skills. Bookstacks LB 2395.3  .M437 2002               
Multiple Paths to Literacy:  Classroom Techniques for Struggling Readers.                                
Bookstacks LB 1050.5 .G545 2002               
Reading Instruction That Works: The Case for Balanced Teaching.
Bookstacks LB1573.P72 2002

ASSESSMENT FOR ART, SCIENCE, & MUSIC

Examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge: the Construct and its Implications for Science Education
Bookstacks Q 181 .E93 1999
Science Framework for the 1996 and 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress: NAEP.
Government Docs Shelves ED 1.2: SCI 2/3/996-2000
Emerging Roles of Evaluation in Science Education Reform.
Bookstacks  H 61 .A1 N$ no. 65
National Art Education Association: Our History, Celebrating 50 Years, 1947-1997.
Bookstacks  N 81 .N285 1997
Aiming  for Excellence: The Impact of the Standards Movement on Music Education.
Bookstacks MT 2 .A36 1996
Incorporating Assessment and the National Standards for Music Education into Everyday Teaching.
Bookstacks MT 3 .U5 N48 2001
 

USA Catalog Search Examples           

Subject searching   Keyword searching examples
education curricula curricul? and biology
education united states curricula “curricul? design”
curriculum planning    curricul? and standard?
art study and teaching      reading and teaching
reading elementary science and secondary
reading and (study or teaching)
From the Library home page, select "topic guides," then education for useful web pages.

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