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Halpern, Cara M.; Halpern, Pamela A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2006
This article describes how a mathematics teacher uses literature and creative writing in her ninth-grade classes to motivate, instruct, and assess her students. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Creative Writing, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 9
Hett, Dorothy; Haring, Dana – 1998
This paper presents creative drama activities based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" for use in ninth-grade English classrooms. The activities are divided into sections on improvisation, pantomime, image-making and creative drama, reader's theater, drama scenes, interior monologue, and producing plays. Each section of the paper…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, English Instruction, Grade 9
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1992
Samples of student writing from the Alberta (Canada) 9th grade achievement test in writing (administered in June 1990) are presented with evaluative commentaries. They are intended to offer teachers, administrators, and students illustration of the criteria and approach used to score the exam. The exam is one part of a two-part standardized test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
Gallo, Dennis; And Others – 1989
This packet contains technology-based learning activities for the transportation technology course at the orientation level (grades 9 and 10) of the Illinois Plan for Industrial Technology Education curriculum project. The packet includes a course rationale, mission, description, and course outline. Suggested learning objectives and suggested…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Behavioral Objectives, Grade 10, Grade 9
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1986
These course specifications are based on and are an update of the 1981 Alberta Social Studies Curriculum. They are intended to: (1) identify the core content and objectives for the Grade 9 Social Studies Curriculum; and (2) present the core content and objectives in a form that helps to develop test items. Three major course objectives are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
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Jacobson, Willard J.; Doran, Rodney L. – Science Teacher, 1985
Compares the performance of ninth-grade students on 30 common test items given during the First (1970) and Second (1983) International Science Study, including differences related to sex. Findings, among others, show that overall, students in 1983 scored higher than their predecessors in 1970. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Grade 9, Junior High Schools
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White, Rodney; Harris, Dawn – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1992
Suggests that in social studies class, instructional methodology becomes the link between the subject matter and what is learned. Offers "All Roads Lead to Rome," a unit plan in which students have opportunities to become self-directed in their work. Provides lessons involving study skills, chronology, and culture and daily life. (SG)
Descriptors: Grade 9, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Centered Curriculum
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Singh, Parmjit – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2000
Investigates the concepts of ratio and proportion constructed by grade 9 students by investigating their proportional reasoning schemes and procedures on three types of tasks: missing value, numerical comparison, and qualitative reasoning. Indicates that students frequently used additive reasoning--that is, a comparison of two numbers by…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
Cobb, Casey D.; Bifulco, Robert; Bell, Courtney – Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2009
As of October 2007, 54 interdistrict magnet schools enrolling 18,928 students were operating in Connecticut. The bulk of these schools are located in the Hartford and New Haven areas--21 in the Hartford area and 17 in the New Haven area. Interdistrict magnets also serve significant numbers of students in the Waterbury region. In keeping with the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Magnet Schools, School Desegregation, Reading Achievement
Budd, Kelly; Alexander, Jayne – 1997
Two ninth-grade English teachers developed a unit of study on the Holocaust that is rooted in an understanding of the concepts and consequences of indifference and prejudice. Activities in the unit of study use a variety of communication skills. Because the teachers have found that journal writing is an effective tool for reflection and a source…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Bias, Class Activities, English Instruction
Petrie, James – 1988
The paper discusses the Global Awareness Test administered to 6,396 grade 9 students in New Brunswick, Canada at the beginning and end of the 1987 school year. The test was designed to better assess the impact of the grade 9 social studies program and the activities of New Brunswick's Global Education Centre. By comparing the results of the pre-…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Global Approach, Grade 9
Lynn, Karen – 1988
This curriculum guide is designed to enable teachers and ninth grade students to develop a clearer understanding of the countries of Kenya and Tanzania and the economic needs of their citizens. A pretest-posttest examination with 20 true or false questions, 2 essay questions, and a list of 50 vocabulary words is provided. Brief descriptions of the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Enrichment, Economic Change, Economics
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Agbenyega, Joseph – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2007
This paper reports on a study that examined teachers' concerns and attitude toward inclusive education of students with disabilities in Ghana. A 20 item Attitudes Toward Inclusion in Africa Scale (ATIAS) was completed by 100 teachers from five "Inclusive Project" schools and five Non-Project coeducational basic schools in three different…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Burtelow, Joan D. – English Journal, 1987
Compares instructions for taking a ninth-grade achievement test to the reality of the conditions in which the test was actually taken. (NKA)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Classroom Environment, Grade 9
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Dunkelberger, Gary E.; Heikkinen, Henry – School Science and Mathematics, 1984
Investigated was the influence on learner outcomes of the repeatable testing provision of Bloom's mastery learning model for ninth graders in an Introduction to Chemistry and Physics course. Neither student achievement nor attitude toward learning science was favorably influenced by repeatable testing. (MNS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Grade 9, Mastery Learning
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