Student suicide is a serious issue facing intermediate/secondary schools. Teachers have the potential to play important roles in addressing such risk. This study utilized semi-structured interviews with six intermediate/secondary teachers in Newfoundland concerning their experiences of working with a student who had returned to the classroom after…

Placed within the context of rural teaching and learning and the use of new technologies, this paper presents a comparative study of three technological approaches to the presentation of curriculum in schools. Supported by three different research projects in one Canadian province, it highlights three areas of e-learning: the use of video…

Nanakuli is a rural, poverty-stricken community on the remote west coast of the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. In May 2006, Nanakuli High and Intermediate was ranked the worst school in the state of Hawaii. In this article, the author relates what happened when she led teens in Nanakuli through the creation and performance of an original theatre show…

The relations between word knowledge and reading comprehension for good and poor readers were studied using various formats. Subjects were 50 fifth and sixth graders who read at grade level and 50 tenth graders who read at a sixth-grade level. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Age differences in memory performance have been ascribed to corresponding differences in the effectiveness of mental memorization procedures. A comparative assessment of opportunity and capability hypotheses is evaluated with reference to results of previous studies of procedural maintenance and transfer following instruction, using a sample of…

Presents four short exercises for teaching about loneliness, one each for use in the upper elementary grades, high school classes, teacher education classes, and general adult education. (SJL)

Examines the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use, and its relationship to other risky behaviors in school children in grades 4 through 12 (N=31,861). Among high school males, the prevalence of risk-taking behaviors and feelings of stress and depression were significantly higher among users. Joint users of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco reported…

The Test of Understanding of College Economics, the Test of Economic Literacy for senior high students, and the Basic Economics Test for students in grades 4-6 provide reasonably good measures of economic understanding. The tests' technical features--reliability, validity, norms, and item statistics--are critiqued. (RM)

The acquisition by preadolescent and late adolescent students of two kinds of information from brief texts was assessed: premise information and inference information. Age differences were obtained in inference performance. However, when the texts provided sufficient contextual support, the inference performance of preadolescents was equivalent to…

Relates how poetry in Spanish is used with bilingual students in elementary school and with Spanish classes in high school. States that basic ground is covered first: metaphor and simile, use of the five senses in description, and the idea of the "persona poem." Furnishes examples of poems written in English by students and translated…

Upper elementary and high school students completed an instrument that measured student attitudes toward social studies and indicated the presence of factors found to contribute to positive student attitudes toward social studies in previous research. It was concluded that teaching style did not have a meaningful impact on student attitudes.…

Cooperation between middle level and high school administrators and teachers depends on their awareness of the great diversity of intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development among middle level students. Administrators can then make changes to improve program articulation. (MLF)

Presents an activity designed to introduce middle through high school students to the atlas. To be used specifically with GOODE'S WORLD ATLAS (17th edition), students complete questions that enable them to systematically work their way through the atlas. Includes activity objectives, key terms, and a 52-part atlas exercise. (GEA)

How a seventh grade teacher incorporated art history into a 12-week unit on drawing, painting, color, ceramics, printing, and sculpture is discussed; an art program that involves sixth graders in preparing one-artist shows is described; and suggestions for developing a permanent high school art gallery are presented. (RM)

Four teacher-originated student activities are featured. A mental health unit incorporates a panel of student "experts" who answer anonymous queries. Tax returns and rockets enhance mathematics units, and students learn to manage their own behavior with the "I Can Manage My Behavior" card. (IAH)