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Grade 9 Mathematics. Student Achievement Testing Program Bulletin. 1987 School Year.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1987
Information is presented about the grade 9 mathematics examination to be administered in 1988. Contents include: (1) Introduction; (2) General Information (including Purpose of the Achievement Testing Program, Nature of the Achievement Testing Program, Exemptions from the Achievement Testing Program, Students Receiving Instruction in French,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
The Effects of Advance Organizer and Prerequisite Knowledge Passages on the Learning and Retention of Science Concepts.
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Healy, Vivian C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
This study compared the effects of an advance organizer and a prerequisite knowledge passage on learning and retention measured at low and high levels of the cognitive domain. The advance organizer group performed better on the framework test; the prerequisite knowledge group performed better on prerequisite knowledge test. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Advance Organizers, Grade 9
Mathematics Assessment Program 1987; Grade 9, Parts A, B, and C. (With Manual and Scoring Key).
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1987
This is a part of the Manitoba Mathematics Assessment Program 1987. Actual testing material and the manual for grade nine are provided. The test (77 items) plus two option sections in Part C requires 70 minutes to be taken. Calculators are permitted for Parts B and C only. The manual describes general testing instructions, administration, scoring…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Junior High Schools
The Effects of Sign Language Lessons by a Deaf Student Teacher, Who Uses an Interpreter, on the Perception and Achievement of Normal Hearing Ninth Grade Multicultural Biology Classes.
Kinney, James H. – 1988
The novelty of deaf student teachers teaching normal ninth grade biology classes may increase motivation to learn subject matter if sign language lessons are oriented toward specific kinds of knowledge. Since Gallaudet University (Washington, D.C.) places deaf undergraduate student teachers in schools with normal hearing students, the effects of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Biology, College Science
The Paseo Fine and Performing Arts Magnet High School, 1990-1991. Formative Evaluation.
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Brock, Sharon L. – 1991
This evaluation documents the progress made by the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts Magnet High School (Kansas City, Missouri) during its second year of implementing the arts theme. The evaluation covers four primary areas: demographic data, implementation, perceptions, and achievement. With the entering class of ninth graders during…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Art Education, Enrollment, Fine Arts
The Second IEA Science Study: Data Related to Precollege Science in the U.S.A. ERIC/SMEAC Science Education Digest No. 1, 1988.
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Helgeson, Stanley L. – 1988
In 1986, a total of 11 different populations involving more than 1000 schools and more than 20,000 students participated in the Second IEA Science Study (SISS). This digest discusses findings related to curricular patterns and student outcomes. Ratings were done at grades 5, 9, and 12, to ensure that the achievement tests reflected the science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Education, Elementary School Science