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Kaplan, Jay Bernard – 1974
Fifth and sixth grade students from the State College Area School District (Pennsylvania) participated in a 5-day resident outdoor education program to investigate the effectiveness of such a program on the development of cognitive learning processes. Students were divided into experimental and control groups of one fifth and one sixth grade class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Data Analysis
Download full textHENNES, JAMES D.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT USING THREE SERIES OF ENRICHMENT UNITS ARE SUMMARIZED IN THIS REPORT. EACH PROJECT CONSISTED OF 12 HALF-HOUR VIDEOTAPE PRESENTATIONS IN ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS, AND GEOGRAPHY. THE LESSONS WERE PRESENTED TO 570 GIFTED (AVERAGE IQ OF 124) FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO REPRESENTED THE UPPER 25 PERCENT OF THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Astronomy, Attitude Change, Attitudes
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1980
The 1979-80 South Carolina Statewide Testing Program assessed the achievement of students in public school grades 3, 6, and 11. Results were used to facilitate the decision-making process of educators at the state, district, and school levels. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) were used to measure achievement in the basic skill areas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
Paredes, Vincent – 1990
The progress of sixth-graders in elementary and middle schools was compared in terms of achievement test scores, attendance, discipline, and grade point average. Three groups of sixth-graders from the Austin schools were examined: (1) 1987-88 sixth-graders for 3 years (grades 6, 7, and 8); (2) 1988-89 sixth-graders for 2 years (grades 6 and 7);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Attendance
