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Popovich, Thomas F. – 1972
This curriculum guide describes a course offered to grade 11 and 12 students in production and display workshop. The course is designed to give artistically talented students opportunites to serve community and school through the production of such varied visual aids as signs and posters, sculpture, and displays. This is an education by agreement…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Course Content
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Office of Educational Accountability. – 1984
The Basic English Skills Test and its supplement (Best Plus Supplement), a structured oral interview, were administered to 72 of 119 limited English proficient 12th grade students in the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools, to determine their oral proficiency. The students were native speakers of Haitian-Creole, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Oral…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cutting Scores, English (Second Language), Grade 12
HUNT, KELLOGG W.
THE SEARCH FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASURES IN SENTENCE STRUCTURES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT INDICATORS OF CHRONOLOGICAL AND MENTAL MATURITY IN SCHOOL CHILDREN WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY. COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS OF SUPERIOR IQ AT THE SAME GRADE LEVELS. THIS PART OF THE PROJECT HAD TWO OBJECTIVES--(1) TO SEE WHETHER…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Programs, Age Differences, Child Development
Johnson, Nancy – 1990
A practicum incorporating cooperative problem-solving and cooperative process writing was developed to improve attitudes toward writing and to improve writing skills. The participants, 28 heterogeneously grouped grade 12 students, worked in cooperative learning groups throughout a summer session to develop their writing and their problem-solving…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Learning, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Nisivoccia, Joseph D. – 1996
A cooperative learning model was used in Florida to change the state-mandated grade 12 course called Family Life and Sex Education, which had been found deficient in meeting students' educational and social needs. Pretest data before the change in model indicated a lack of knowledge that had a detrimental effect on thinking and problem-solving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Dunn, Audrey D. – 1984
A study examined the effects of a comprehensive writing program for average and slightly below average high school students on student writing achievement and attitudes. The program aimed to provide remedial instruction to improve writing skills, since 89% of the school's upper middle class population matriculate in some sort of college degree…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Course Descriptions, Expository Writing
King, F. J.; And Others – 1988
This study was designed to determine the accuracy with which high school students estimate their cognitive abilities as measured by the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). In addition, the study was designed to determine whether participation in vocational counseling activities through the ASVAB program or through Florida…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Coe, Rose Marie – 1971
The forces affecting relations among nations as well as the effectiveness of decision making processes in international politics are examined and analyzed by 10th through 12th grade students in the elective quinmester course clustering around political studies. Goals emphasize helping students to understand state interaction and the variables…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Foreign Policy
Payne, Judy Reeder – 1971
Major Eastern philosophies and/or religions consisting of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism are investigated by 10th through 12th grade students in this general social studies quinmester course. Since Eastern philosophical ideas are already influencing students, this course aims to guide students in a universal search for…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Asian Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Chinese Culture
Cooper, Nancy B. – 1971
The quinmester course of study for 10th through 12th grade students examines the means and ends of archaeology so it may be better understood and shows how archaeology is used to provide a key to understanding of cultures in the past, enrich the present, and offer a frame of reference for the future. Major archaeological concepts are stressed and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Anthropology, Archaeology, Behavioral Objectives
Heggy, Joan – 1971
The course outlined in this guide offers an in-depth look at the political left and right, including characteristics held by the extreme left and right, related social and economic theories, and the differences between theory and practice. The students will read and discuss viewpoints illustrative of a cross section of ideological positions and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Communism, Curriculum Guides
Cantera, Bonnie – 1971
A twelfth grade quinmester course designed to give the student an objective overview of the development of Communism vis-a-vis Americanism (Democracy) is outlined in this guide. The course focuses on what each way of life represents and their respective positions in world politics. Included are case studies in communist expansion, the communist…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Communism, Curriculum Guides
Moore, John A. – 1972
Designed as an elective for 10th through 12th grade students, this course encompasses immigration laws, present policy towards immigrants, the immigrant experience, and stresses the impact of immigration on the American culture. It is hoped that students, by seeing how the American character is so much a result of the immigration process, will…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Culture, Curriculum Guides, Elective Courses
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1986
The student performance standards of excellence in mathematics, science, social studies, and writing for Florida schools were developed cooperatively by the Florida Department of Education, local school district personnel and representatives of institutions of higher education. These standards and skills were reviewed by teachers and supervisors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Ratchford, Frank – 1971
Population education is the focus of this quinmester curriculum guide for secondary students. By examining and comparing past population theories of Malthus and Marx with present theories students will better understand the present situation, cultural attitudes toward the problems, and the ecological consequences of overpopulation. Objectives are…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Demography
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