The Role of the Curriculum Materials Center

in Teacher Preparation

Christina Cicchetti, M.S., Ed.S.University of California Riverside

SLA Webinar | March 14, 2014

From Curriculum Laboratories

To Curriculum Materials Centers

Textbooks as a Scaffold for Teachers

New Formats Have Been AddedMath manipulatives Audio-Visual materials

Accountability

Teachers especially need to be information literate

Latest Electronic Formats

Challenges

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