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Klecker, Beverly M.; Pollock, Mary Anne – Reading Improvement, 2005
Kentucky's goal of reaching academic "proficiency" by 2014 illuminated 2002 reading test scores: 44.30% of middle and 71.25% of high school students scored below "proficient." The research question was, "Do teaching practices in schools with high reading achievement scores differ from teaching practices in schools with low…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Achievement, Teacher Surveys, Grade 9
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Aalsma, Matthew C.; Lapsley, Daniel K.; Flannery, Daniel J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
The relationship among three personal fables ("omnipotence," "invulnerability," "personal uniqueness"), narcissism, and mental health variables was assessed in a large, cross-sectional sample of adolescents drawn from Grades 6 (n = 94), 8 (n = 223), 10 (n = 142), and 12 (n = 102). Participants responded to the New Personal Fable Scale, the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Personality Traits
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Creed, Peter; Prideaux, Lee-Ann; Patton, Wendy – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2005
This longitudinal study tested students in Grade 8 and again in Grade 10 on career (maturity, barriers, indecision, decision-making and self-efficacy), well-being (self-esteem, life satisfaction, and coping), and social (school achievement, paid work experience) variables. Students were allocated to decided or undecided conditions at T1, T2 and…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 10, Gender Differences, Self Efficacy
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Lobato, Joanne; Clarke, David; Ellis, Amy Burns – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2005
We address the telling/not-telling dilemma in mathematics education. Telling is instructionally important, but has been downplayed because of (a) perceived inconsistencies between telling and constructivism, (b) increased awareness of the negative consequences of relying too heavily on telling, and (c) a focus on "non-telling" actions as…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Constructivism (Learning), Experiments, Intention
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Van Valey, Thomas L.; Hartmann, David; Post, William – Journal of Drug Education, 2005
The literature suggests that administering drug surveys to public school students is best done by persons outside of the school system (or at least unfamiliar to the students). This is the approach used by the long-time "Monitoring the Future" project. Because of the increased costs that administration by outside research associates requires (both…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Student Surveys, Secondary School Students, Measurement Techniques
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Scales, Peter C.; Benson, Peter L.; Mannes, Marc – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
The contribution of nonfamily adults to young people's well-being was explored using both a cross-sectional national sample of 614 12- to 17-year-olds and a longitudinal sample of 370 students followed from 6th-8th grades through 10th-12th grades. Both variable- and person-centered analyses were employed. Young people's involvement in…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Community Involvement, Young Adults, Religious Organizations
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Karp, Alexander – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2004
Research conducted during the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and later (Stigler et al. 1999; Stigler and Hiebert 1999) undertook a thorough analysis of lessons in the United States, Japan, and Germany. This article focuses on certain aspects of mathematics lessons in Russia. Specifically, the attempt is made to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods
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Kang, Sukjin; Scharmann, Lawrence C.; Noh, Taehee – Science Education, 2005
In this study, students' views on the nature of science (NOS) were investigated with the use of a large-scale survey. An empirically derived multiple-choice format questionnaire was administered to 1702 Korean 6th, 8th, and 10th graders. The questionnaire consisted of five items that respectively examined students' views on five constructs…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Grade 10, Scientific Principles, Grade 6
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Gillies, Robyn M. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: Teachers play a critical role in promoting interactions between students and engaging them in the learning process. This study builds on a study by Hertz-Lazarowitz and Shachar (1990) who found that during cooperative learning teachers' verbal behaviours were more helpful to and encouraging of their students' efforts while during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10
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Calik, Muammer – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
This study reports on research examining what students think about aspects of solution chemistry and seeks to establish what alternative conceptions they hold in this area. To achieve this aim the researchers developed a test comprising of open-ended questions that evaluated students understanding of solution chemistry. The test was administered…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Grade 9, Grade 7, Grade 10
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Whitlock, Janis L. – Applied Developmental Science, 2006
A growing body of research shows school connectedness to be a powerful predictor of adolescent health and academic outcomes. This study advances a theoretically grounded definition of school connectedness and triangulates qualitative and quantitative methods to assess contextual correlates to school connectedness in 8th, 10th, and 12th grade…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Student Interests, Academic Achievement, Grade 8
Stoneberg, Bert D., Jr. – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to screen for gender-based (female-male) and ethnic-based (Hispanic-White) differential item functioning (DIF) in the 2003 Idaho Standards Achievement Tests of reading, language arts and mathematics at grades 4, 8 and 10. The vendor, the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), assembled the computer-administered…
Descriptors: State Standards, Grade 8, Grade 10, Grade 4
Hauser, Carl; Kingsbury, Gage – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
This study was designed to answer two key questions about the fixed portions of the fourth, eighth, and tenth grade spring 2003 Idaho Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT) in Reading, Language Usage and Mathematics: (1) To what extent do test items exhibit substantive differences in functioning across student groups formed based on ethnicity and…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 8, Grade 10, Test Items
Public Policy Forum, 2003
Although the hope for charter schools is the lessening and eventual elimination of the achievement gap that exists by race and income, this report indicates that charter schools in Milwaukee are mirroring the test score gap of both Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and the state of Wisconsin in both fourth grade reading and fourth grade math. Other…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Achievement Gap, Charter Schools, Urban Schools
ACT, Inc., 2007
The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) is designed to provide assistance to low income students. The program provides discretionary grants for the purpose of increasing the readiness of low income students to attend and succeed in postsecondary education. The grants are up to six years in length and provide…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Grade 8
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