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Johnson, Laurie Shepherd – Journal of Career Development, 2000
In interviews with 194 sixth-graders and 179 ninth graders, most demonstrated limited awareness of the relationship between school and work, skills and knowledge needed, and the learning opportunities available. They were more aware of the value of extracurricular rather than academic activities to their future career. They believed that future…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Course Selection (Students), Education Work Relationship, Grade 6
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Lehto, Juhani E.; Scheinin, Patrik; Kupiainen, Sirkku; Hautamaki, Jarkko – Journal of Research in Reading, 2001
Examines the cognitively high-level text processing, or macro-processing, of expository passages. Investigates reading comprehension during the sixth and ninth school years. Finds that girls outperformed boys regardless of the comprehension measure and also finds that performance on both measures, but particularly on hierarchy-rating, correlated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Grade 9, Intermediate Grades
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Watson, Jane M.; Moritz, Jonathan B. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2000
Analyzes open-ended interviews and written responses from 62 students in grades 3, 6, and 9 to a questionnaire to understand the characteristics of students' constructions of the concept of sample. Identifies six categories of construction in relation to the sophistication of developing concepts of sampling by illustrating helpful and unhelpful…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 6
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Strommen, Linda Teran; Mates, Barbara Fowles – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2004
Students in sixth and ninth grades were surveyed to determine attitudes toward reading and identify factors in the lives of older children and teens associated with the development of a love of reading. A group of 14 students who love to read, as well as an equal number of students who prefer not to read, were then interviewed about their reading…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Children, Adolescents
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Bru, Edvin – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2006
This paper examines the relationships of pupils' on-task orientation at school and their opposition to teachers with perceived cognitive competence, perceived relevance of schoolwork, and the belief that going against school norms increases peer status. The study was conducted as a survey among a national representative sample of 3834 pupils in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Tenenbaum, Gershon – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Two studies investigated the effects of three instructional methods on lower and higher cognitive processes of sixth- and ninth-grade students. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 6
Carroll, John B. – 1970
To determine children's knowledge of the less frequent grammatical usages of words that may occur in more than one part of speech, lists of such words were developed. The grammatical functions of 1220 common words from two word counts were examined; about 50% were found to be grammatically ambiguous. Data were collected from about 1500 children in…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comprehension, Form Classes (Languages), Grade 3
Fairfax County Schools, VA. – 1970
GRADES OR AGES: Grades 4-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Drug education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide consists of a series of color-coded units, one for each grade, followed by several appendixes. Units are either in column or list form. The guide is xeroxed and looseleaf-bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Drug Abuse, Elementary Education, Grade 10
Portland Public Schools, ME.
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
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LeVasseur, Michal L. – Journal of Geography, 1999
Explores sixth- and ninth-grade students' knowledge of geography and geography-related careers, focusing on sex-related differences. Discusses the results, including: (1) no significant differences between male and female students for overall and subarea scores; (2) sex-related differences emerged when ethnicity was considered; and (3) students…
Descriptors: Careers, Comparative Analysis, Ethnicity, Females
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Murray-Harvey, Rosalind; Slee, Phillip T. – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2007
Judgments about the quality of students' experience of school generally focus on their academic performance and indeed this is an important indicator but closer attention needs to be paid to equally important, more broadly based outcomes that include social/emotional adjustment as they also are shown to impact on students' lives at, and beyond…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Social Development, Emotional Development, Student Adjustment
Autio, Ossi – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2007
Psychomotor performance is fundamental to human existence. It is important in many real world activities and nowadays psychomotor tests are used in several fields of industry, army, and medical sciences in employee selection. This article tries to define psychomotor activity by introducing some psychomotor theories. Furthermore the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Measurement Techniques, Theories, Correlation
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Solberg, Mona E.; Olweus, Dan; Endresen, Inger M. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
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…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Incidence, Grades (Scholastic), Bullying
National Association of Independent Schools, Boston, MA. – 1970
Guidelines for curriculum design in reading, composition, and grammar and usage are presented in the form of required skills for each of four grades (6-9). Four English examinations designed to test these skills are also provided. Brief comments on examinations in other subject areas offered by the National Association of Independent Schools and a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, English Curriculum, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Trottier, Lillian – 1969
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…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, French, French Literature, Grade 10
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