Fortunately, a number of factors influenced the success of our curriculum, contributing to its growth and sustainment.
An analysis of elementary school science has demonstrated that plants are underrepresented in the curriculum, contributing to a "plant blindness" in our culture (Wandersee and Schussler, 2001; Lally et al., 2007).
Because one of the strengths of GGG lies in its ability to reach a large, diverse population of girls, it is important that the curriculum contributes to girls' achievement of 60 minutes of daily MVPA.
GM reviewed the curriculum and contributed in manuscript writing.
Additionally, the systems-based organization of the new curriculum likely contributed to a well-organized knowledge base which improves both knowledge application and retention [ 17].
Graduating seniors, surveyed from 2005 2007, indicated that the biology curriculum had contributed little to their development of quantitative and writing skills, and their ratings of the first-year core courses were significantly lower than for upper-level courses.
This places the activity within the school curriculum, thus contributing to its status and the sustainability of the program.
Second, attention to different frames of reference in the curriculum also contributes to better qualified professionals in the long run, as the work field is also becoming more diverse: I notice that as a teacher, I'm becoming more humble.
If yes, how will the curriculum change contribute to national nutrition goals or to nutrition objectives adopted by the governments?
It cautioned that other factors besides the curriculum design contribute to learning and performance and should also be addressed.
