Marie Menna Pagliaro 
Designing and Implementing the Curriculum 
A Compendium of Criteria for Best Teaching Practices

This book presents the most important topics relevant to designing the school curriculum. These topics include learning theory, assessment and evaluation of learning, unit planning and lesson planning. A review of the most important information regarding each topic and an update on the research are presented. Best Practices Observation Instruments, BPOIs, identify the criteria for teaching each topic effectively along with a method for teachers to become proficient at implementing each topic.