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Research on curriculum integration indicates strong positive impact on student academic achievement, cognitive growth, and critical thinking skills. However, while there are currently numerous models for integration of curricula, more practitioner-oriented, efficient, yet effective approaches for implementation of this instructional framework are still scarce. There are numerous factors that may present obstacles to curricular integration becoming a predominant instructional framework in schools today: time needed for teacher professional development on curriculum implementation and ongoing support throughout a school year, adequate content standards coverage and their subsequent high-stakes testing, and teachers’ current and preferred instructional styles, to name just a few. In response to some of these challenges, this work introduces the Integrated Planning, Teaching, and Learning model of curricular integration; a five-step protocol designed for grade-level teams of secondary teachers who are interested in transforming their classrooms into integrated teaching and learning environments. The five steps of the protocol are described in detail to ensure easy implementation. Finally, the authors discuss the necessary conditions for successful adoption of this instructional framework.
Wilder et al. (Sat,) studied this question.