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Virgin, Albert E. – 1972
An evaluation assessed the simulation game called "Operation Moonvigil". The program consisted of eight daily five minute telecasts followed by 30 minutes of classroom activities based on information communicated during the telecast. Teachers, pupils, and non-participant observers provided data through questionnaires, diaries, and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Evaluation, Games, Grade 5
South Dakota State Dept. of Public Instruction, Pierre.
GRADES OR AGES: Grades 5-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Smoking. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has three major parts--1) an outline of basic facts; 2) resource guide on smoking and its relationship to health and disease, with sample lesson plans and vocabulary; and 3) appendix, including questionnaires, selected key facts on smoking, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 10, Grade 11
Nederland Independent School District, TX. – 1971
GRADES OR AGES: Grades 6-9. SUBJECT MATTER: General science, life science, earth science, and physical science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into separate sections for each grade. Each section is further subdivided into units. The major portion of each unit is laid out in four columns; column headings are concepts,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science, General Science
Bausch, Amy; Becker, Kim – 2001
A program was undertaken to teach organizational and study skills to middle and high school students. The targeted population consisted of sixth grade students in a social studies class and ninth grade students in a world geography class. The schools are located in a middle-to-lower class suburban community near a large midwestern city. An…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 9, High Risk Students, High School Students
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Yarber, William L. – Education, 1981
Describes results of a study designed to discover the views of third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth graders about their need for family life and sex education. Data revealed strong desires of students for more information. (JD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life Education
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Austin, Erica Weintraub; And Others – Communication Research, 1990
Tests the effects (in a large field study) of family communication environment and parental mediation of television content on third, sixth, and ninth graders' (1) perceptions of the realism of television content and its similarity to real life; and (2) their identification with television characters. Finds that the parent directly mediates…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Research, Family Communication, Family Environment
Shantiris, Kita – 1983
A study was conducted to test the hypothesis that metaphorical thought develops according to the principles governing other categorizing processes. Of particular interest were the questions of whether preschool children possess the categorical flexibility to comprehend metaphorical statements and, if they do, whether this flexibility manifests…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Classification, Cognitive Development
Lofqvist, Gert; Lindell, Ebbe – 1989
In Sweden the International Association Evaluation of Educational Achievement in written composition study involved 4,500 students from grades 6 and 9, as well as students from the terminal grades of the upper secondary school. Students wrote essays of various kinds and replied to questionnaires. Essays were evaluated according to content,…
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
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Duran, Lena B. – Science Education Review, 2003
A prominent theme permeating national science education reform reports such as the "National Science Education Standards" (National Research Council [NRC], 1996) and "Project 2061: Science for All Americans" (Rutherford & Alhgren, 1990) recommends the incorporation of cooperative learning in the science classroom. Although…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Change, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Minister's Advisory Committee for the Canadian Awareness Project. – 1981
The activities of the Canadian Awareness Project involved the development and analysis of an assessment of general knowledge and understanding of Canadian history, geography and citizenship as demonstrated by a sample of elementary, junior and senior high school students in provincially-funded schools. Included in this report are the phases…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Mayeske, George W.; And Others – 1968
This report analyzes the reponses of students to questionnaires administered as part of the Educational Opportunities Survey (EOS). The purposes of these analyses were (1) to present the number and percent of students responding to each questionnaire item alternative, (2) to determine the number of students who failed to answer each question, (3)…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Grade 1
Rieck, Billie Jo Daugherty – 1969
The purpose of this study was to (1) find if spelling approaches could be isolated and classified by the use of the JDR Spelling Checklist (an interview-type questionnaire); (2) determine the incidence of approach--visual, auditory, kinesthetic, or combination--used by students in spelling new words; (3) see if a relationship existed between the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Grade 12, Grade 3
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Hoffmann, Lore; Lehrke, Manfred – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1986
Reports the results of a broad-based study of 11- to 16-year-old students' interests in physics and technology. Results indicate that the subjects students find most interesting are under-represented in the physics curriculum, while those they find the least interesting are over-represented. Draws conclusions regarding instruction which arouses…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
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McClure, Erica F.; Steffensen, Margaret S. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
Using third, sixth, and ninth grade students of Anglo, Black, and Hispanic ethnicity, a study examined their use of the conjunctions "and,""but,""because," and "even though." Results indicated that for all groups, correct use of conjunctions was correlated with reading comprehension. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohesion (Written Composition), Conjunctions, Cultural Differences
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Gustafsson, Jan-Eric; Balke, Gudrun – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1993
Relations between aptitude variables and school achievement were investigated using a model of ability that permits simultaneous identification of general and specific abilities. Subjects were 866 Swedish students who were given aptitude tests in grade 6; results of that test were compared with course grades collected in grade 9. The usefulness of…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Aptitude
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