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A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Influences and Mechanical Aptitude in Several Indian Groups.
Bowd, Alan D. – 1971
Mechanical aptitude is considered to be a composite of several abilities--general intelligence, spatial, mechanical knowledge and comprehension, and relevant manual dexterity and coordination. Abilities are conceived as if organized in a hierarchical model and are assumed to develop as overlearned and generalized response patterns to particular…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, Comparative Analysis

Geva, Esther; Ryan, Ellen B. – Language Learning, 1993
Research measured grade 5-7 children (n=73) for intelligence; reading comprehension and both static and working memory in the first (L1) and second language (L2); and linguistic knowledge in L1. Results support the notion that increased speed of basic processing in L2 facilitates higher-level processes involved in linguistic and oral communication…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Processes, Grade 5, Grade 6
Shawaker, Patricia; Dembo, Myron H. – 1996
A study examined the hypothesis that learning strategy coupled with efficacy-building teaching interactions would lead to greater strategic learning than learning strategy instruction alone. A reading comprehension strategy was taught to 184 students from 4 Los Angeles County (California) public and independent schools. Included were 65…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
Pearson, Jim; Robertson, John – 1991
This unit is one of a series that presents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. The lessons included in this unit attempt to make slavery comprehensible to students, showing its oppressiveness and yet explaining how white Southern culture rationalized and sustained it. The unit also explains how…
Descriptors: Blacks, Elementary Education, Feminism, Grade 5
A Society Knit as One: The Puritans, Algonkians, and Roger Williams. A Unit of Study for Grades 5-8.
Pearson, Jim – 1992
This unit is one of a series that represents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. By relying on primary sources, this unit explores the Puritans' attempt to create a utopian community in New England, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The unit is built around 7 objectives: (1) to study historical…
Descriptors: American Indians, Colonial History (United States), Culture Contact, Grade 5
Evans, Dale; Giarratano, Susan – 1990
A drug abuse prevention curriculum for middle school students in grades five through eight is presented in this document, one of a series that is designed to provide educators with the curricular tools necessary to challenge students to take personal responsibility for their health. Each of the 11 lessons includes information of the lesson…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Decision Making, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
San Diego Unified School District, CA. – 1985
Each spring students in fifth, seventh and ninth grades in the San Diego City Schools complete a series of tests as part of the annual Districtwide Testing Program. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) are used to measure student knowledge of various broad areas of the curriculum. This bulletin presents results of student achievement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Grade 5, Grade 7

Scott, Judith A.; Jamieson-Noel, Dianne; Asselin, Marlene – Elementary School Journal, 2003
This study examined where, how often, and how effectively vocabulary instruction occurred in 23 ethnically diverse upper-elementary classrooms in Canada. Data revealed that only 6 percent of school time was devoted to vocabulary knowledge development, with 1.4 percent devoted to vocabulary development in academic subjects. Most instruction…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Byrne, Barbara M.; Schneider, Barry H. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1988
For 241 normal and 132 gifted fifth graders and 113 normal and 117 gifted seventh graders in Ottawa (Ontario), exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses investigated the factorial validity of the Perceived Competence Scale for Children (PCSC). Overall, the PCSC demonstrated sound psychometric properties. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Academically Gifted, Age Differences, Competence

Stapley, Janice C.; Haviland, Jeannette M. – Sex Roles, 1989
This study investigates the status of depression among sex-related emotional differences in adolescents and examines the organizational properties of emotion relative to other life experience. Fifth-, seventh-, ninth-, and eleventh-grade students reported on experience and situational dynamics of 12 emotions. Gender differences in adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Analysis of Variance, Depression (Psychology)

Bisanz, Gay L.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
Whether indexes of cognitive processes that affect adults are related to sentence reading times and recall was studied for 49 fifth grade and 73 seventh grade good and poor readers. Younger children differed from older children in that greater numbers of causal relations were associated with better sentence recall. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Beets, Michael W.; Vogel, Randy; Forlaw, Loretta; Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Cardinal, Bradley J. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2006
Objective: To examine provider and type variation in social support (SS) for activity. Methods: Three hundred sixty-three fifth to eighth-grade students completed a questionnaire assessing self-reported activity and social support (SS) from 3 providers: mom, dad, and peers. Important covariates of activity were included in the analysis: age, BMI,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Physical Activities, Structural Equation Models, Transportation
Walahoski, Jill; Lodl, Kathleen – Journal of Leadership Education, 2004
Current literature on youth development supports the theory that out-of-school programming has an effect on youth development. However, little research has been conducted on types of out-of-school programs and comparisons among involvement in various activities in relation to developmental assets. Hence, the purpose of this study was to analyze…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, After School Programs, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
Post, Jory; McPherson, Carole – 1988
This book contains a 14-lesson module for grades 5-8, focusing on giving students a solid understanding of disease transmission and prevention. It opens with a curriculum overview which stresses the sophistication level of today's adolescents and their inquisitiveness. The overview describes the importance of teaching students how to prevent…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavioral Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 5
Dunwell, Stephen; And Others – 1972
A computer-assisted instructional (CAI) course, WRITE, was used at the Poughkeepsie, New York, Middle School to help 5th through 8th graders with spelling and word usage problems. The course used the Coursewriter III language and an IBM System/360 computer; students received self-paced instructional programs at typewriter terminals. All teaching…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research, Grade 5, Grade 6