Date of Award
2003
Document Type
Practicum
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Programs for Higher Education
Keywords
activities, administrators, adult education, affective domains, analysis, communication, committees, content, criteria, curriculum design, curriculum design model, data-collection methodologies, development, Discovery Elementary School, diversity, elite interview, evaluation, experts, feedback mechanism, field test, field-tested, Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test, formative committees, format, learning, literature review, objectives, organizing, purposeful sampling, recommendations, research, results, reviewer, skills, student achievement, summative committees, systematic design model, teaching methods, workshop, workshop manual
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to develop a curriculum to enhance student achievement to solve the problem of less than desirable scores on the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test. The three research questions were: What curriculum design model should be used? What information should be included? and What format should be selected for presenting the workshop?
Five procedures were followed. A literature review resulted in an analysis of curriculum design models, criteria for writing objectives, and data-collection methodologies. Organizing formative and summative committees resulted in a purposeful sampling of experts who provided diversity. Selection of a feedback mechanism resulted in a written means of communication between the committees and the researcher. Development of the criteria for the curriculum design, content, teaching methods, objectives, activities, and format led to the development of the workshop manual.
Three conclusions were reached. A flexible, systematic design model was an appropriate guide for developing the workshop. The feedback mechanism provided a method for communication during development. The elite interview was an appropriate method for determining the content to be included in the workshop manual. Selection of teaching methods depended on whether learning focused on knowledge, content, skills, or affective domains.
Three recommendations were made. First, a meeting should be held with the administrators at Discovery Elementary School and the Brevard County South Area Adult Education Center to review the results. Second, the workshop should be field-tested. Third, further research should be conducted to determine a method for evaluating the field test.