A random sample of all sixth-grade students enrolled in a large urban school district completed the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. The correspondence of test vectors measured by the test was analyzed. Results suggest that the ITBS does not measure exactly the same constructs across student ethnic groups. (Author)

Describes a study to assess values of sixth grade children toward their peer groups and to develop an instrument to measure values. Presents the 49-item inventory which resulted from the study. (Author/DB)

Reports a study of three readability formulas--Dale-Chall, Fry, and Harris-Jacobson--which were used to analyze five current sixth-grade reading textbooks. (JM)

Describes a study of the relationship between creative dramatics and reading comprehension in which those students who had performed a dramatic presentation of a story answered more inferential questions correctly than did those who had not engaged in the reenactment. (HTH)

Reports on a study which analyzed the behavior of teacher characters in eight modern picture books, and surveyed third and sixth grade children concerning their perceptions of the teacher characters. Concludes that children perceive effective teachers as the ones they would most like to have. (MM)

Over a 10-year period, California's Old Adobe Union School District has been perfecting an outdoor education program that takes sixth graders away from home for 6 days and nights of scientific and environmental study, recreational and survival skill development, and social interaction. (PGD)

Describes a study that examined the similarities and differences in computer related attitudes between sixth grade boys and girls of different mathematics achievement levels. Students' responses to questions about self-confidence in their computer abilities, the utility of computers, and general attitudes toward computers are reported and…

Analyzes the effects of selected deletion patterns, blank conditions, and scoring modes on the cloze test performance of sixth-grade students. (FL)

Tests the theoretical proposition that developmental increase in memory span results from a corresponding increase in the use of grouping strategies. (BJD)

Students and teachers in 14 self-contained sixth grade classrooms participated in this study. Results showed significant relationships between rural students' performance on mathematical concepts and problem solving tests and their attitude toward mathematics. Negative correlations between teacher's attitudes toward teaching mathematics and…

This study explores the relationship between reading attitudes, self-perceptions and reading achievement among second and sixth graders. The sample consisted of 84 second graders (39 females, 45 males) and 71 sixth graders (32 females, 39 males). Participants responded to the Estes Attitude Scales for reading, math and science and the "About…

Reports on a study to determine the effect of creative drama on the role playing skills of sixth graders. (RB)

A committee in Ladue, Missouri, comprised of six elementary teachers and an elementary principal, developed a drug education course for sixth grade students. Background details of the proposal are given, as is a sample lesson. (OH)

An analysis of several schools adopting a new curriculum for math is presented. A discussion on the effectiveness of the main characters (the principal, teachers, and consultants) involved in the implementation of a new curriculum and how they affect the student's attitude to the curriculum change. (TLJ)

Outdoor education has been defined as a five-step, multi-phasic experience: anticipation, travel-to-site, on-site, travel-from, and recollection. Examined 11 mood factors at each step using grade 6 students (N=31) involved in an outdoor program. Indicates that some attitudes (moods) did not change positively as a result of the outdoor experience.…