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Vlahakis, Robert – Classroom Computer Learning, 1988
Discusses a seventh grade history class that integrates computer use into the curriculum over the entire school year. Lists three main components: simulations, telecommunication activities, and individual projects that require the use of utility programs. Describes several student projects. (MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing
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Hamm, Mary; Adams, Dennis – Educational Research Quarterly, 1988
Ten science textbooks (4,393 pages) for grades 6 and 7 were examined for their treatment of five top-ranked global problem issues (population growth, war technology, world hunger and food resources, air quality and atmosphere, and water resources). Implications for science education curricula from this content analysis are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Carpenter, Thomas P.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1988
This third article on National Assessment results discusses general achievement trends and changes in performance over time. Performance scales, national trends, current achievement, learning concepts and skills, problem solving, minorities, and gender are considered. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Recht, Donna R.; Leslie, Lauren – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
How prior knowledge influences short-term non-verbal and verbal memory and long-term retention was studied in 32 seventh and 32 eighth graders of high and low reading ability. Greater knowledge of the text's subject resulted in improved recall and retention. No interactions were found between prior knowledge and reading ability. (SLD)
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Knowledge Level
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Chambers, Kevin – Teaching Education, 1994
A middle school teacher presents three case studies of seventh-grade students who began the school year poorly but then decided to change. All three students had challenging home situations but, after becoming motivated to succeed, showed dramatic and rapid improvement. Such motivational changes are seen as stemming ultimately from reasons…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
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Komro, Kelli A.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1994
Describes a community peer participation, alcohol prevention program designed to prevent or delay alcohol use among young adolescents. Groups of students from 20 Minnesota schools planned supervised, alcohol-free activities. Program goals included peer leadership, social support for nondrinking, creating opportunities for alternative behaviors,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Grade 7
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Mayer, Richard E.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1995
This brief report compares the lessons on addition and subtraction of signed whole numbers in three seventh-grade Japanese mathematics texts and four U.S. mathematics texts. Japanese books contained many more worked-out examples and relevant illustrations, while U.S. books had more irrelevant illustrations and unsolved problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Addition, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
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Quinn, Patrick B.; Strand, Brad – Physical Educator, 1995
This study examined the effect of adding aerobic training to football skills development activities for male seventh graders. Two groups completed one or the other type of training. Heart rate monitor and skill assessment data indicated that the addition of the planned fitness component did not detract from skill development. (SM)
Descriptors: Aerobics, Cardiovascular System, Football, Grade 7
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Devine, Carol M.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
This study evaluated the impact of a school-based nutrition teaching program on students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Modest use of the program "Nutrition for Life" related to modest attitude, behavior, and knowledge differences. Interactions among teacher assignment, nutrition teaching, and program use explained variations in…
Descriptors: Foods Instruction, Grade 7, Grade 8, Health Promotion
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Galambos, Nancy L.; Almeida, David M. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Assessed family perceptions of parent-adolescent conflict four times from grade six to summer following grade eight. Mothers, fathers, and adolescents from 80 families reported on parent-adolescent conflict. Conflict over chores, appearance, and politeness decreased over 2.5 years whereas conflict over finances increased. Substance-use conflict…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Conflict
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Farkas, George; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
Coursework-mastery test scores for all middle school students in a school district were used to test the narrowly meritocratic hypothesis that course-grade differentials for gender, ethnicity, and poverty groups can be accounted for by the differential coursework mastery of these groups. Samples ranged from 1,124 to 8,381 seventh graders and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Courses, Ethnicity, Grade 7
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Murray, William J. – Journal of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1993
Describes the use of primary source documents and maps in a seventh-grade geography class. Maintains that 90 separate topics were divided into 6 main categories for student research. Asserts that the use of primary documents encouraged the development of the students' critical thinking skills. (CFR)
Descriptors: Community Role, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
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Stayter, Francine Z.; Allington, Richard L. – Theory into Practice, 1991
The relationship of syntactic sensitivities to fluency and understanding are usually neglected when discussing reading fluency. The article describes oral reading and interpretation activities in one seventh grade class undertaken to improve comprehension and fluency. It also discusses evaluation methods, such as portfolios and recordings as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Evaluation Methods, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
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Smith, Thomas Ewin – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990
Relationships between academic achievement and amounts of time devoted to various pursuits were studied for 1,584 seventh and ninth graders. Findings are discussed in terms of the impact on academic achievement of adolescent subculture and of family, school, peer group, and mass media as means of socialization. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Family Characteristics, Grade 7
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Opotow, Susan – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Interview data from 40 inner-city seventh graders challenge the stereotype that adolescents' peer conflicts (APCs) are senseless, wasteful, and destructive. Rather, these conflicts raise important micropolitical concerns about power, conflict, coalition, and policy. APCs can increase the relevance of education, play an important role in social…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Conflict, Educational Environment
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