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Strange, Charlotte M. – 1987
This study, which was designed to identify factors contributing to children's construction of temporal relationships, investigated 10-year-olds' thought and understanding of historical time. A total of 10 children 10 years of age were interviewed on videotape and asked to construct a time line of historical events and persons. In interviews,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Structures, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Dermody, Margaret – 1988
A study investigated the development of metacognitive strategy instruction on standardized reading comprehension measures with fourth grade students. Forty-one subjects were assigned to one of three criterion reading groups, based on pretest scores using the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test (SDRT) and the Wide Range Achievement Test: (1)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition
Download full textMullins, Larry L.; And Others – 1982
The present study examines the relationship of various cognitive and life event variables to depressive symptoms in children. The variables studied are locus of control, interpersonal and impersonal problem-solving ability, and objective and subjective life stress. Subjects were 47 students in the fourth grade, 58 students in the fifth grade, and…
Descriptors: Children, Depression (Psychology), Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Kracht, James B. – 1982
In this lesson, middle school students explore a musical expression, the sea chantey, which provided a rhythm necessary to help 19th century sailors work together. Objectives are to help students understand the purpose of sea chanties, realize how different types of chanties were especially suited to different types of jobs, and identify the…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Lesson Plans
Schmitt, Alicia P.; Crocker, Linda – 1982
Students in grades 6 to 8 are shown to display considerable variation in test anxiety, and results for this age group are comparable to previous studies with adult populations. Three factors rotated to an oblique solution accounted for 50 percent of the common score variance when a new 31-item version of the Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Scale was…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention, Factor Structure, Intermediate Grades
Golub, Lester S.; Sweeney, Gladys M. – 1981
The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it evaluates the effectiveness of token economy programs in increasing academic performance in a bilingual education classroom setting. Second, it attempts to train the teacher in the basic behavior modification principles and assist her/him in the delivery of appropriate and consistent reinforcement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment
Jongewaard, Steven M. – 1981
This study determined if students have a better understanding of the components of interdependence when they use instructional materials which emphasize a systems approach, when they work cooperatively in a group, and when the classroom environment fosters both of the above variables. For the purpose of this study, a working definition of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Global Approach, Intermediate Grades
PDF pending restorationNielsen, Lynn Ethan – 1981
Reading problems related to use of primary source materials in the upper elementary grades are investigated. A major focus was the appropriateness of original versus rewritten versions of primary source materials with respect to readability. The sample consisted of 209 fifth and sixth grade students and seven elementary school classroom teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 5, Grade 6, History Instruction
Hirshberg, Jan – 1981
Metalinguistic skill is the ability to assume an objective attitude toward language. Metalinguistic awareness is less easily acquired and appears later developmentally than speaking and listening skills. What one needs to know to perceive and use language is not necessarily the same thing that one needs to know to reflect on and comment on…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Language Acquisition
Jochums, Brenda L. – 1981
The research reported includes a profile of all sixty ThinkAbout programs with respect to demographic balance, personal/social behaviors portrayed by major characters, and value-laden content. The profile is a summation across a 5-stage content analysis which was integrated with other formative evaluation techniques in the three year ThinkAbout…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods
Bowman, Margie; Gambrell, Linda – 1981
A study investigated the effectiveness of a story structure questioning strategy upon the reading comprehension of sixth grade students. An alternate questioning strategy was used as a comparison treatment, and involved more traditional literal, interpretative, and problem solving questions. On the basis of reading level scores, 100 students were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition
Sebesta, Sam L.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to discover the components of books that children prefer over and above those children's books that adults critically acclaim. Forty intermediate-level fiction books included in the "Children's Choices" listings for 1978 to 1980 were read by three adult researchers and classified according to A. Applebee's taxonomy…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Fiction, Intermediate Grades
Hyman, Cynthia; Tobias, Sigmund – 1981
The hypothesis that feedback in programmed instruction is an important variable in the learning of novel, but not familiar, content was investigated. A linear, constructed response program dealing with the Sabbath rituals in the synagogue was chosen due to wide variability in student familiarity with this topic. Subjects were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Feedback, Intermediate Grades, Judaism
King, Margot Lagesen – 1980
To understand the limitations and effects of the environment on gifted and rural youth, both delinquent prone and nondelinquent prone, a study was designed to measure 95 gifted sixth graders' perceptions of their environmental support and environmental availability (availability of activities in which students were interested). To investigate the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Research
Lym, C. LaVor; Rick, Pamela J. – 1980
A study of the effects of a resource room enrichment program was field tested on academically gifted fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students in 65 elementary schools. The Ss were pre- and posttested on the Cognitive Abilities Test. A norm referenced research design was used to control for normal development. Findings indicated that participation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Enrichment Activities, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted
