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Peer reviewedDubbs, Mary Wray – Reading Teacher, 1979
In a replication of two studies, the author found that sixth and eighth graders performed comparably to their counterparts of 60 years ago on reading comprehension and vocabulary tests. (MKM)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Grade 8
Peer reviewedStout, Zoe – Social Studies Journal, 1991
Explores, in a reprint of the 1989 Junior Division National History Day winning paper, the history of some technological developments in Pennsylvania's coal mining industry. Examines the "breaker boys," youths who sorted coal in severe working conditions. Introduces Ellen Webster Palmer, who addressed the problem by organizing the Boys'…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Coal
