Research References

for Interdisciplinary/Cross-Curricular Teaching

Ackerman, D.B. (1989). Intellectual and practical criteria for successful curriculum integration. In H.H. Jacobs (Ed.), Interdisciplinary curriculum: Design and implementation (25-37). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Applebee, A.N., Langer, J.A., & Mullis, I.V. (1989). Crossroads in American education: A summary of findings: Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ.

Collins, A., Brown, J.S., & Newman, S.E. (1989). Cognitive apprenticeship: Teaching the crafts of reading, writing, and mathematics. In L. Resnick (Ed.), Knowledge, learning and instruction: Essays in honor of Robert Glaser (453-494). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Fogarty, R. (1991). How to integrate the curricula: The mindful school. Palatine, IL: Skylight Publishing, Inc.

Jacobs, H.H. (1989). The growing need for interdisciplinary curriculum content. In H.H. Jacobs (Ed.), Interdisciplinary curriculum: Design and implementation (1-11). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Marzano, R.J. (1991). Fostering thinking across the curriculum through knowledge restructuring. Journal of Reading, 34(7), 518-525.

Pappas, C.C., Kiefer, B. Z., & Levstik, L. S. (1990). An integrated language perspective in the elementary school: Theory into action. New York: Longman.

Perkins, D.N. (1991). Educating for insight. Educational Leadership, 49(2), 4-8.

Perkins, D.N. (1986). Knowledge by design. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Resnick, L.B. (Ed.) (1989). Introduction. In Knowing, learning and instruction: Essays in honor of Robert Glaser (1-24). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Tchudi, S. (1991). Planning and assessing the curriculum in English language arts. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Thaiss, C. (1986). Language across the curriculum in the elementary grades. Urbana, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills and the National Council for the Teaching of English.

Tompkins, G.E., & Hoskisson, K. (1991). Language arts: Content and teaching strategies. New York: Merrill, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company.

Ward, G. (1988). I've got a project on. . . . Australia: Primary English Teaching Association, distributed by Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH.