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Peer reviewedHalfon, Siman-Tov; Bronner, Shmuel – Adolescence, 1988
Eighth graders from five Jerusalem schools participated in physical ability intervention program which involved periodic and progressive increase of physical effort of students in physical education classes. Test group improved running time and had better sport motivation than did control group. Found gender differences and influence of sexual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Intervention, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedKlingman, Avigdor; Hochdorf, Zipora – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
Assessed effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral school-based primary prevention psychological program designed to improve eighth-grade students' (n=237) distress-coping and prepare them as gatekeepers with regard to self-destructive behavior of peers. Program had positive effect on attitudes, emotions, knowledge, and awareness of distress coping…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Coping
Peer reviewedKramarski, Bracha; Hirsch, Chaya – Educational Media International, 2003
Describes a study that investigated the differential effects of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) and metacognitive training (META) on mathematical reasoning. Participants were 83 Israeli eighth-grade students. Results showed that CAS embedded within META significantly outperformed the META and CAS alone conditions, which in turn significantly…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Peer reviewedShachar, Hanna; Sharan, Shlomo – Cognition and Instruction, 1994
Explores students' verbal interaction in small multiethnic groups after the students had participated for several months in classes conducted with either the Group Investigation Method or the traditional whole-class method. Found that the two instructional methods affected students very differently and that, additionally, these different effects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Download full textMoore, Michael; Goldstein, Zahava – 1986
A study investigated the use of a mathematical model to predict individuals' total active Hebrew vocabulary from samples of their written and spoken language. The model is based on a generalized inverse Gaussian distribution. The subjects were Israeli junior high school students from both high and low socioeconomic groups. Hebrew language samples…
Descriptors: Child Language, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 8
Peer reviewedAbu-Rabia, Salim – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Explores the effects of the attitudes and culture of Israeli-Jewish English-language students on their reading comprehension. Eighth-grade students read stories in Hebrew and English and answered questions both about the stories and their own attitudes. Reveals that culturally familiar texts boost reading comprehension scores. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Educational Background, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language)
