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Examples
of Integrated Curriculum
Many different kinds of education institutions have tried an integrated
approach and found success. Hightstown High School in New Jersey,
The Colorado School of Mines, Horton School in San Diego, and The
Guggenheim Elementary School in Chicago are just a few examples.
Connections, an experimental small school that helped develop this
Online Classroom, experienced the highest standardized test scores
in its five years the year it taught using integrated curriculum.
Even
Archeworks, the institution that created Connect
4 Education, uses an integrated approach. Archeworks is an alternative
school of design that uses design to address social needs or problems.
This Web site was created by the collaboration of a web designer,
art historian, city building inspector, chemist, accountant, and
graphic designer. The team was presented with a problem, facilitate
fifth grade education, and attempted to address using a design application.
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