NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Doppen, Frans H.; Feinberg, Joseph R.; Arrowood-Schultheis, Chelsie M. – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to use the US naturalization test as a springboard to gauge the citizenship knowledge and notions of young adolescent students in Ohio and Georgia. The participants' citizenship knowledge was partially measured by administering questions from the US naturalization test in two case studies. Students from a range of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Tests, Student Evaluation
Newman, Ian M.; And Others – 1987
During the 1983-1985 academic years, the Nebraska Prevention Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse cooperated with the Omaha Public Schools to assess the effects of the videotape-based educational program "Resisting Pressures to Drink and Drive." This report is based upon curriculum activities of the 1983-1984 academic year and presents an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Drinking
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Witt, Elizabeth A.; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1994
Differential prediction of course grades (language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science) from achievement test scores was studied for 634 female and 623 male eighth and ninth graders through multivariate analysis. Female performance was overpredicted except in language arts, but differences were seldom large enough to have practical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Newman, Ian M.; And Others – 1987
During the 1983-1986 academic years, the Nebraska Prevention Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse cooperated with the Omaha Public Schools to assess the effects of the videotape-based educational program "Resisting Pressures to Drink and Drive. " The effects of the program on two cohorts of 9th-grade students, one which participated through their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2001
This brochure presents highlights from "What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders: U.S. Results from the International IEA Civic Education Study," a report that analyzes the U.S. results of the 1999 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study, Phase 2. The study was designed to assess…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Wisconsin State Dept. of Education, Madison. – 1978
Two social studies units, one on juvenile delinquency and one on crime and justice, are presented for the ninth grade level. The three-week juvenile delinquency unit focuses on special problems that minors face regarding the law. Students learn the difference between juvenile and adult courts and between status and delinquent offenses. In addition…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Baldi, Stephane; Perie, Marianne; Skidmore, Dan; Greenberg, Elizabeth; Hahn, Carole – 2001
This report analyzes the U.S. results of the 1999 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study, Phase 2. The study was designed to assess the civic knowledge of 14-year-old students across 28 countries. This report concentrates on the attitudes, actions, and conceptual views of U.S. students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility