The purpose of this study was to examine Turkish high school students' perceptions of learning environment in biology classrooms and to investigate relationships between learning environment and students' attitudes toward biology. Secondly, the study aimed to investigate the differences in students' perceptions of learning environments in biology…

Compared the bullying behaviors of high school students in four Texas and Nebraska schools. Survey data indicated that nearly one-third of girls and one-fifth of boys observed bullying often. The most common kind of bullying was hurtful teasing and name-calling. Boys bullied using more physical violence, while girls reported less. Both genders…

Tests a new model of the child's meaning-making process in response to literary text. Finds that the model is not disproved and serves as a valid means for adults to share information and ideas about young peoples' transactions with literary texts. (MG)

The perceptions of high school students in response to a year-long small-group advisory program were collected, and high and low satisfaction groups compared. Drawing together all student perceptions, reactions were mixed since students were doubtful about its possible benefits, modestly satisfied, and divided in their desire to continue the…

A teacher defends the effectiveness of the English language and literature program of the International General Certificate of Secondary Education at a Tanganyika international school, despite criticisms of its syllabus, exam structure, and criteria. The program is externally moderated, has sound assessments and strong parental support, and…

Students need to develop interpersonal skills, including the ability to work as team members, teach others, and work well with diverse people. A Connecticut high school successfully used curriculum-based teaming to integrate its curriculum and teach the value of teamwork. The 9th-grade Success in Learning program and the 10th-grade American…

A two-phase (P1 and P2) physical activity program/or 9th and 10th grade students, particularly adolescent females of color, was designed and implemented at a mid-western urban high school during lunch time. Written surveys, field notes, interviews and an 8-item questionnaire developed by the researchers were the methods used to collect data to…

The authors examined how 2 types of goal setting (process vs. outcome), self-evaluation (presence vs. absence), and organizational signals (presence vs. absence) affected student ability to perform a set of procedural skills, namely animating slides created via presentation software. They also examined how these variables influenced a variety of…

This research investigates teachers' perceptions of testing accommodations to the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) for students with special needs. The study reports findings from 98 Northeastern Ontario grade 9 and 10 English teachers who were involved in providing accommodations to the OSSLT. Teachers who responded to the Teacher…

Three decades of mounting academic and testing requirements are snagging growing numbers of students in the 9th grade. "The bulge" is the name education researchers give to the percentage increase in students in the 9th grade over the same period. This article reports on factors that might explain the growing 9th grade bottleneck and…

Background: The reported prevalence of bully-victims and aggressive/provocative victims varies quite considerably in previous research, and only a few studies have reported prevalence rates across grades. There is also a lack of detailed analyses of the extent to which victims are also bullies, and bullies are also victims. Aims: To study the…

The annual event dropout rate describes the proportion of students who leave school each year without completing a high school program. The event dropout rates for the school year 2004-2005 of 1.68% for grades 7 through 12th and 2.40% for grades 9 through 12th are at the lowest levels in the past ten years. The event completion/graduation rate…

This study examined the continued gender imbalance in mathematics participation in senior high, which has implications for adolescents' future careers. It confirms persisting greater male participation in maths-related educational and occupational choices among this sample of Australian youth. Gendered course-taking in maths, along with…

Despite a growing body of literature on the causes of heavy episodic drinking, little attention has been paid to this phenomenon in the sociological and criminological literature. This research assesses the extent to which a popular theory of crime and deviance, control theory, can explain heavy episodic drinking. Analysis of data collected from a…

This document describes a two-year integrated biology and chemistry curriculum for ninth and tenth grade students. The first chapter outlines the rationale for integrating biology and chemistry and presents the topic sequence for the integrated curriculum. Chapter 2 discusses the developmental, cognitive, and philosophical issues that form the…