Spiral Curriculum

Spiral Curriculum is a curriculum design model in which core concepts are revisited repeatedly throughout a student's education, with each encounter increasing in complexity and depth to build upon prior knowledge.

Publications

1.9K

Citations

107

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2017–2026

Variants

Spiral Curricula

Parents

Curriculum DesignCurriculum DevelopmentIntegrated Curriculum

Children

Advanced ProgressionAge-appropriate ProgressionConcept ReinforcementConceptual ComplexityConceptual DeepeningConceptual RevisitationCyclical Curriculum DesignDisciplinary CoherenceFoundational ProgressionIntegrated Knowledge Structures

Publications

What is a spiral curriculum?

Ronald M. Harden · Medical Teacher · 1999 · 736 citations

Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Design +6

The new Dundee medical curriculum: a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts

Ronald M. Harden, M H Davis, Joy Crosby · Medical Education · 1997 · 159 citations

Education, Curriculum, Medical Education +14

Impact of a spiral organic curriculum on student attrition and learning

Nathaniel P. Grove, James W. Hershberger, Stacey Lowery Bretz · Chemistry Education Research and Practice · 2008 · 100 citations

Education, Chemistry, Higher Education +15

The alignment imperative in curriculum renewal

Kulamakan Kulasegaram, Maria Mylopoulos, Paul Tonin et al. · Medical Teacher · 2018 · 60 citations

Education, Curriculum, Medical Education +16

Integrating informatics into undergraduate nursing education: A case study using a spiral learning approach

Siobhán O’Connor, Elizabeth M. LaRue · Nurse Education in Practice · 2020 · 55 citations

Education, Nursing Informatics, Teaching +9

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Authors

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David DiBiasio
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States
5 publications · 86 citations
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William M. Clark
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States
5 publications · 86 citations
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Anthony G. Dixon
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States
5 publications · 86 citations
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Vinod Lohani
Virginia Tech, United States
3 publications · 59 citations
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Lisa Comparini
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, United States
2 publications · 44 citations
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Chemical Engineering Education
CEE · 3 publications · 42 citations
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BMC Medical Education
2 publications · 69 citations
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Medical Teacher
2 publications · 796 citations
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Geography
1 publications · 26 citations
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Studies in Art Education
1 publications · 10 citations
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