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Download full textFeatonby, Amy – Kairaranga, 2012
This article describes a project conducted with Year 12 English students. It was based on the model of "Teaching as Inquiry" (Ministry of Education, 2007) and aimed to develop students' self-efficacy in relation to their literature-response essay writing. Self-efficacy was measured using Bandura's (2006) self-efficacy scale and an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Reader Response, Measures (Individuals)
Alberta 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
Peer reviewedSmagorinsky, Peter; O'Donnell-Allen, Cindy – Journal of Literacy Research, 1998
Analyzes a small group of 12th-grade students who interpreted the character of Gertrude in "Hamlet" through a "body biography," a life-sized human outline filled with student-generated words and images. Concludes with a reconsideration of the notion of engagement that includes attention to both the immediate social relations…
Descriptors: Characterization, Context Effect, English Instruction, 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
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Examination in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test (to be administered along with a questions booklet) includes the following 10 short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama: "Parents as People (with Children)" (Ellen Goodman); "Everybody Knows about the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this questions booklet contains 80 multiple choice test items based on the ten selections in the readings booklet. The questions examine the students' skills in (1) understanding meanings, (2) recalling materials read, (3) understanding and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
Intended for students taking Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 33 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test is designed to be administered with a questions booklet. The following short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and day-to-day functional materials are included: (1) "Interpreter" (Gary Hyland); (2) an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test contains 80 multiple choice test items based on the ten readings in the readings booklet. The questions examine the student's skills in (1) understanding meanings, (2) understanding and interpreting the relationships between form and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test (to be administered along with a questions booklet) includes the following nine short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama: "The Biggest Liar in the World" (Harry Mark Petrakis); "Victorian…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this questions booklet contains 80 multiple choice test items based on the nine selections in an accompanying readings booklet. The questions examine the students' skills in (1) understanding meanings; (2) recalling materials read; (3) understanding…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 33 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test is designed to be administered with a questions booklet. The following short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and day-to-day functional materials are included: (1) "M is for Mother" (Marjorie Riddle);…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examination in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test contains 80 multiple choice test items based on the ten readings in the readings booklet. The questions examine the student's skills in (1) understanding meanings, (2) understanding and interpreting the relationships between form and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
