The relationship between characteristics of test takers and characteristics of test items was examined in a quasiexperimental study involving 301 high school juniors and sophomores taking a mathematics examination that was consequential to sophomores but not juniors. Results are interpreted in relation to the expectancy value model of motivation.…

Surveyed grade 10, 11, and 12 students (n=285) regarding types of demands they faced, how well they thought they coped with demands, and level of stress experienced in those situations. Results suggest adolescents with greater coping resources demonstrated lower levels of stress and less frequent stress symptoms. (Author/ABL)

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…

Over the last several years there have been numerous calls for reforming high school to college transitions. In 2000-2001, the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the National Commission on the High School Senior Year respectively called for a re-thinking of how students moved from secondary to postsecondary education. A widely-discussed…

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 unit is one of a series that represents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. This unit consists of lessons focused on selected topics in medieval history that define and describe the roles of women. The lessons examine the roles of women in the Early Middle Ages with particular emphasis on…

AS PART OF A LARGER EVALUATION PROJECT, THIS RESEARCH EFFORT WAS ORGANIZED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE NEW MATH PROGRAMS ON HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS' SUBSEQUENT ENROLLMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COURSES. THE PARTICULAR MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY WERE (1) THE BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE PROGRAM, (2) THE UNIVERSITY OF…

A FINAL REPORT WAS GIVEN OF A THREE-PART STUDY THAT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE DIFFERENCES IN THE ATTITUDES, INTERESTS, AND VALUES OF GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. A RESEARCH DESIGN WAS DEVELOPED TO DELINEATE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE GIFTED STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE THE…

A comprehensive survey of high school sophomores and juniors, and another survey of seniors in Economic Region IV of Indiana, were conducted to determine their preferred career and occupational choices. Examination of the 7,188 underclassmen questionnaires and 2,744 senior questionnaires revealed that, although many sophomores' and juniors' career…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 6-12. SUBJECT MATTER: French language, literature, and civilization. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into seven sections, one for each grade. Each section is in list form. It is mimeographed and spiral bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: Each section lists several general…

An experimental program in which regular General Mathematics 9, 10, and 11 courses were supplemented by instruction in business machines was evaluated. Results of the Test of Mathematical Fundamentals and the Mathematics Test Supplement (see sample, Appendix A) showed no significant superiority in achievement for students in the experimental group…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 10, 11, and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Physical health and nutrition. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four sections: prenatal and infant nutrition, nutrition in an ecological context, new frontiers in nutrition research, and the responsibility of nutrition. The publication format of four columns…

Reports three studies indicating that context has little effect on high school students' ability to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words. (HTH)

Describes a study whose purpose was to determine interest in a secondary health careers program and in a health career by 10th- and 11th-grade students in Nebraska. Relationships between interest and sex, grade, and grade average were examined. (Author/CT)