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This article examines classroom practices that draw upon students' understandings of race and equity as they engage in critical literature inquiry to explore issues of power in our society. Our research team, comprising a fifth-grade classroom teacher, a doctoral candidate, and a university professor, analyzed students' written and digital…
Descriptors: Race, Inquiry, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1997
This booklet presents the Written Response part of the English 30 Grade 12 Diploma examination in Alberta, Canada. After instructions for students, the booklet presents the first part of the examination in which students respond to Thom Gunn's poem "Tamer and Hawk," which addresses the nature and effect of a ruling passion in an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Instruction, Grade 12, High Schools
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1997
This booklet presents the Written Response part of the English 30 Grade 12 Diploma examination. After instructions for students, the booklet presents the first part of the examination in which students respond to Patricia Keeney's poem "Swimming Alone," which addresses the complexities of risk-taking. The booklet then presents the second…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1997
These booklets are intended for students in Alberta, Canada, taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30. The readings booklet presents 7 reading selections from fiction and nonfiction literature. After instructions for students, the booklet presents: (1) Lance Morrow's essay "Metaphors of the World, Unite!"; (2) Carl…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Drama, English Instruction, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1997
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30, this "questions booklet" presents 70 multiple choice test items based on 8 reading selections in the accompanying readings booklet. After instructions for students, the booklet presents the multiple choice items which test students' comprehension of the poetry,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Drama, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1997
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30, this "readings booklet" presents 8 reading selections from fiction and nonfiction. After instructions for students, the booklet presents (1) Robert Penn Warren's poem "Summer Afternoons and Hypnosis"; (2) an excerpt from an interview with William…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Drama, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Appleman, Deborah – 1987
This study investigated the effects of heuristically based assignments and tests on adolescents' written responses to literature. In order to examine both tests and instruction, two separate but related experiments were conducted. Experiment 1 investigated whether the inclusion of guided prewriting on essay tests for two poems and two short…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Critical Thinking, Essay Tests, Grade 12
