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Herrold, William G., Jr.; And Others – 1987
A pilot study examined the effect of a read-aloud literature program on the attitudes of middle school students toward reading. A randomly selected group of 70 teachers and 1,673 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students from four regions of the United States and one region in Europe participated. Testing the hypothesis that student attitudes…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Curriculum Development, Grade 6, Grade 7
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1975
Lesson plans for activities in career education are presented in this teacher's guide designed for grades 6-8. The first section presents South Carolina's position on career education. Section two outlines suggested learner objectives to be attained under seven elements of career education: self-knowledge, decision-making skills, career awareness,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Choral Music
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. Dept. of Instructional Planning and Development. – 1979
This curricular framework for the subject area section, Industrial Arts for Grades K-8, is one of eight Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Programs of Studies. The Goals of Education adopted by the MCPS Board of Education are provided. A Point of View subsection includes reasons for studying the subject, general outcomes sought,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration, Communications
Simmons, Roberta G.; And Others – 1979
Results of a study to determine the impact of transition from elementary to junior high school on students' self-esteem are reported. The study, conducted from 1974 to 1976, followed 798 students from 18 elementary schools in Milwaukee from grade 6 to grade 7. The students represented K-8 schools which involved no change of school and K-6 schools,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Educational Environment, Educational Research
Latimer, John Francis – 1968
Preconference, conference, and post conference activities are described. The introduction of Latin into grades 6 and 7 of District of Columbia schools is discussed in the keynote address. Committee reports consider (1) Latin in grades 6, 7, and 8, (2) Latin curricula for levels 1 and 2, (3) teacher education, and (4) public relations. The largest…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools, Grade 6
Peshastin-Dryden School District, WA. – 1974
The curriculum materials for grades 6-8 presented in the guide have been classroom developed and tested; they are the result of a project to establish a comprehensive career education program in the Cashmere and Peshastin-Dryden, Washington School Districts. An introduction discusses goals and is supplemented by the National Standard Career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Resources, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1970
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Anglais (teaching English to French-speaking pupils). ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following sections: 1) Foreword and Introduction; 2) The Program, including aims and objectives, developing the program, and areas of emphasis; 3) Teaching the Course, including time allotment,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, English Curriculum, English (Second Language)
1968
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one each for elementary grades, middle grades, and high school. Each section is further subdivided by grade level. Sections are laid out in four columns across two pages. Column headings are concepts, teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 10
Petersburg Public Schools, VA. – 1974
This second of a 3-volume curriculum guide covering Grades 1-9 contains four master units which incorporate career education concepts into the existing curriculum for Grades 5-8. Focusing on careers in the city, state, and nation, the units for Grades 5 and 6 continue the career awareness activities developed for the primary grades. Activities in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Career Awareness, Career Education
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Hoge, Dean R.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
The influence of school experiences on student self-esteem was explored in a longitudinal study of 322 sixth and seventh graders. School experiences do affect self-esteem, although the impact varied from year to year and discipline to discipline. Overall climate and teacher feedback influence academic and global self-esteem. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change, Educational Environment, Educational Experience
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Vega, William A.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1993
Analyzes risk factors for drug use among 6,760 sixth- and seventh-grade Cuban, other Hispanic, African-American, and white non-Hispanic males in Miami (Florida). The cumulative prevalence of risk factors is monotonically related to drug use, but ethnic and racial differences in risk factor profiles suggest cultural differences in predictive value.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Cubans, Cultural Differences
Clewell, Beatriz Chu; And Others – 1987
Efforts to address the problems of access and achievement for minorities and women in mathematics and science have been focused primarily at the secondary level. However, it has become increasingly apparent that intervention needs to begin earlier. This directory identifies and briefly characterizes intervention programs serving young minority…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Females, Grade 4, Grade 5
Mills, Margaret; Stevens, Patricia – 1998
A program was implemented for increasing writing and problem solving skills to increase educational achievement. The targeted populations consisted of sixth and seventh grade students from two growing middle class suburban communities located in the Midwest. The problems of inadequate writing and problem solving skills were documented through data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods
Erven, Judith L. – 1991
The problems that middle school special education students experience in the academic area of social studies were addressed in this practicum. The students could not grasp the ideas, received poor grades, and exhibited a very poor attitude about the relevance of social studies as an academic concern. The special education social studies classes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Grade 6
Sherer, Victoria E.; Biemel, Jeanine S. – 1987
The Upper Arlington, Ohio school reorganization, in 1983, to include a middle school resulted in the development of a seventh-grade foreign language exploration course. The course provides nine weeks each of French, German, and Spanish, and relates the languages to content areas using an interdisciplinary approach. The fourth nine weeks would be…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Cultural Awareness, English
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