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| Basic Skills | 6 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 6 |
| English Instruction | 6 |
| Educational Problems | 5 |
| English Education | 5 |
| Competency Based Education | 4 |
| Minimum Competency Testing | 2 |
| Academic Ability | 1 |
| Career Education | 1 |
| Cognitive Objectives | 1 |
| Educational Change | 1 |
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| English Education | 6 |
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| Barasch, Frances K. | 1 |
| Chaplin, Miriam | 1 |
| Dolan, Dan | 1 |
| Farrell, Edmund J. | 1 |
| Meade, Richard A. | 1 |
| Smith, Vernon | 1 |
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| United Kingdom (England) | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBarasch, Frances K. – English Education, 1978
Urges English educators to develop career-related methods courses and illustrates how career education has been incorporated successfully in the elementary and secondary school English curriculum. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Peer reviewedSmith, Vernon – English Education, 1978
Back to basics fundamentalism, the minimal competency movement, and competency testing are simplistic approaches to complex educational problems. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFarrell, Edmund J. – English Education, 1978
Describes the tenets of the back to basics movement, especially as it applies to minimum competency testing, and points out that it creates an environment which impedes consequential learning. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedChaplin, Miriam – English Education, 1978
Discusses several dangers inherent in focusing attention on minimum standards instead of realizing students' maximum potential. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMeade, Richard A. – English Education, 1978
The word "back" in back to the basics means endless study of language analysis and memorization of factual bits to the neglect of affective concerns and broader cognitive objectives. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Objectives, Competency Based Education, Educational Problems
Peer reviewedDolan, Dan – English Education, 1977
Compares educational problems in England with those in America, highlighting the recent "Black Paper" furor in England. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Basic Skills, Educational Change, Educational Problems
