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Peer reviewedRoberts, Theresa A. – Reading Psychology, 1988
Examines the influence of pre-reading instruction versus prior experience on factual and inferential comprehension. Concludes that prior experience affects factual and inferential comprehension more than does pre-reading instruction, and that younger students need to have relevant knowledge externally activated, while older students can activate…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 9, Inferences, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedDelugach, Rebecca R.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Investigated multidimensional models of self-concept. Administered Self-Description Questionnaire-I and Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale to 43 fifth and sixth graders; Self-Description Questionnaire-II and Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale to 38 eighth graders. Total scale scores were significantly correlated, reflecting similarity in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 8
Peer reviewedSwanson, H. Lee; Cooney, John B. – Journal of School Psychology, 1989
Examined relationship between components of vigilance and differences in verbal intelligence in children (N=63) in grades 5-7. Found a number of significant correlations between measures of vigilance and intelligence, as well as achievement. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Achievement, Attention, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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GRADES OR AGES: Grades 5, 6, 7 and 9. SUBJECT MATTER: Family living and sex education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has four chapters, one for each grade: 1) "Discovering Yourself," 2) "Growing up in Relationships with Others," 3) "Adolescent Development," and 4) "Understanding Maturity." Each chapter begins with an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Family Life Education, Grade 5, Grade 6
Peer reviewedAltieri, Jennifer L. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1996
Determines if students' aesthetic involvement would be influenced by the ethnicity of the student or the culture portrayed in short stories. Finds that the level of aesthetic involvement was not significantly influenced by the ethnicity of the student or culture portrayed in the story. Supports the integration of multicultural literature into the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedAyres, Robert; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1990
Examined differences in self-concept, attributions, and teacher-related persistence in students with learning disabilities (N=49) and in nonhandicapped students (N=57). Results indicated students with learning disabilities reported lower self-concepts on items related to academic achievement, and were rated by their teachers as less persistent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attribution Theory, Grade 5
Peer reviewedMilligan, Kevin R.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1994
Examines students' perceptions of self, family, peers, and teachers in three construct areas: study skills, attitudes toward school, and future academic expectations. Finds that a decline occurs in students' self-perceptions between fifth and eighth grades and that female students were notably more positive in their perceptions of education than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Grade 8
Yeung, Alexander Seeshing – 1997
Two experiments were conducted to examine the effects of cognitive load management using vocabulary definitions in reading passages for readers of English as a second language (ESL) with different levels of expertise who were attending school in Hong Kong. Experiment 1 found that vocabulary definitions integrated within a passage (integrated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 8
Woods, Martha P. – 1994
This activity guide, developed to provide hands-on environmental education activities geared to Pettigrew State Park in North Carolina, is targeted for grades 5, 6, and 7 and meets curriculum objectives of the standard course of study established by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Three types of activities are included:…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Cataloging, Environmental Education, Equipment
Peer reviewedGarner, Ruth; Gillingham, Mark G. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1987
Examines students reported and demonstrated knowledge of three structural properties of text: topic relatedness, superordination, and cohesion. Reports students are only moderately knowledgeable about topic relatedness and superordination, and unknowledgeable about cohesion. (RS)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Grade 5, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedRodriguez, Timothy A. – Reading Teacher, 2001
Considers how if educators view students' first language as a problem that needs to be eradicated, perhaps they make learning English more difficult. Describes an approach focusing on cognates used with 20 middle school students in their first year of a transitional program in south Florida. (SG)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Grade 5
Persson, Ulla-Britt – 1994
A book-length study described the metacognitive components of good and poor reading ability, with special reference to comprehension. Subjects were 53 Swedish students in grade 5 or 8 and were either good or poor comprehenders as defined by a combination of a reading test and teacher ratings. Data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 8
Fenzel, L. Mickey – 1990
Being older rather than younger than most of one's classmates is presumed to provide benefits to students throughout elementary and secondary school. The present study investigated this age status hypothesis among students before and after the transition to middle school in sixth grade with respect to school strain, self-esteem, and grade point…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Grade Point Average, Grade 5
Molina, Victoria; And Others – 1997
An action research report described a program for enhancing students' ability to focus on instructional processes and oral directions. The targeted population was comprised of 4th-, 5th-, and 8th-grade students from 3 different metropolitan schools in southwest Cook County, Illinois. The problem of off-task behavior, including distractible…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Grade 4, Grade 5
Harriman, Cliff; And Others – 1993
This document describes "Food for Thought," a multidisciplinary project for grades 5 through 8, using nutrition as a focal point. The program focuses on the popular topic of food to make the study of different cultures and historic periods more relevant. In the program students research the diets and prepare the meals of cultures they…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Food, Grade 5, Grade 6
