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Wang, Jianjun; Zhu, Chunying – School Science and Mathematics, 2003
Middle school data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are analyzed in this article to compare achievement difference between seventh and eighth grades. The statistical computing involves a selective subtraction of item scores in more than 40 countries. The research findings indicate that not all TIMSS items have…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Grade 7
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Miller, Kevin J.; Sessions, Milagros M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2005
As our schools and classroom continue to become increasingly diverse, the task of teaching ALL students within inclusive settings continues to challenge educators. Developing a classroom that respects the diversity of ALL students and facilitates their success is critical, especially at the middle and high school levels. This article describes one…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Middle Schools, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Vera, Elizabeth M.; Shin, Richard Q.; Montgomery, Gloria P.; Mildner, Carolyn; Speight, Suzette L. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
This study examined the correlates and predictors of conflict resolution styles in a sample of urban seventh and eighth graders. Girls were found to rely on verbal assertion more frequently and aggressiveness less frequently than boys in the sample. Self-efficacy and self-control were found to be significant predictors of conflict resolution…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Interpersonal Competence, Self Efficacy
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Nesselrodt, Pamela S.; Alger, Christianna L. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2005
This article describes a viable alternative to hiring full-time certified teachers or to using lay volunteers to provide children at risk of failing in school with academic coaches (tutors). The Academic Coaching Program described herein recruited and trained students enrolled in a university's school of education programs to serve as academic…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Grade 8, Grade 7, College Students
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Yenilmez, Ayse; Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of gender and grade level on students' logical thinking abilities. A total of 174 sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade students participated in the study. Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT) was administered to determine students' reasoning abilities. A two-way multivariate analysis of variance…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Multivariate Analysis, Thinking Skills, Gender Differences
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Murray-Harvey, Rosalind; Slee, Phillip T. – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2007
Judgments about the quality of students' experience of school generally focus on their academic performance and indeed this is an important indicator but closer attention needs to be paid to equally important, more broadly based outcomes that include social/emotional adjustment as they also are shown to impact on students' lives at, and beyond…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Social Development, Emotional Development, Student Adjustment
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Cunningham, Nancy J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
Commitment and attachment to school and perception of school norms were examined in a sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to determine whether bullies, victims, bully victims, and students who reported no or low levels of bullying and victimization differed in their level of bonding to school and their perceptions of standards and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Bullying, Victims of Crime, Student Attitudes
Abedi, Jamal; Courtney, Mary; Leon, Seth; Kao, Jenny; Azzam, Tarek – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
This study investigated the interactive effects between students' opportunity to learn (OTL) in the classroom, two language-related testing accommodations, and English language learner (ELL) students and other students of varying language proficiency, and how these variables impact mathematics performance. Hierarchical linear modeling was employed…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 8, Second Language Learning, Grade 7
Vermont Department of Education, 2006
The annual event dropout rate describes the proportion of students who leave school each year without completing a high school program. The event dropout rates for the school year 2004-2005 of 1.68% for grades 7 through 12th and 2.40% for grades 9 through 12th are at the lowest levels in the past ten years. The event completion/graduation rate…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Dropout Rate, Graduation Rate, Enrollment Trends
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Noland, Carey M. – Journal of Research Practice, 2006
This paper explores auto-photography as a form of research practice in the area of identity and self-esteem research. It allows researchers to capture and articulate the ways identity guides human action and thought. It involves the generation and examination of the static images that participants themselves believe best represent them.…
Descriptors: Photography, Research Methodology, Questionnaires, Researchers
Malow-Iroff, Micheline S. – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this grant funded investigation was to examine the impact of friendship alliance in an early adolescent population on cigarette and alcohol variables. Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from two urban areas completed a survey that addressed cigarette and alcohol attitudes, practices, expectancies and intentions. Only those…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Early Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 6
Cooper, Tom – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This paper explores the role of open-ended realistic division problem in the development of algebraic reasoning. A written test was administered to 672 students. From the results of this test students were selected for semi-structured interviews. The students were interviewed in pairs and were asked to explain to each other how they would solve…
Descriptors: Algebra, Generalization, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
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Martin, Jennelle – Prevention Researcher, 2004
The annual "From the Inside" feature is intended to share real-life positive stories about working with youth. In this year's installment, Ms. Martin writes about her experience being a teenage mentor with girls in grades 6 to 8, the lessons she learned, and the impact this experience has had on her life.
Descriptors: Mentors, Middle School Students, Females, Grade 6
Arizona Department of Education, 2009
The tables presented in this document show the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) results for the past two years. Twenty-four tables show results as percent at each performance level and percent passing, as well as percent of students tested. The tables shown in this document include: (1) Mathematics Grade 3; (2) Reading Grade 3; (3)…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6
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Radmacher, Kimberley; Azmitia, Margarita – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2006
Two studies addressed age- and gender-related patterns in early adolescents' and emerging adults' conceptions of intimacy in friendships. Forty-one early adolescents and 96 emerging adults in Study 1 and 174 emerging adults in Study 2 described a time when they felt especially close to a friend. Narratives were coded for intimate behaviors and…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Gender Differences, Intimacy, Friendship
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