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Nippold, Marilyn A.; Duthie, Jill K.; Larsen, Jennifer – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2005
Purpose: Literacy plays an important role in the development of language in school-age children and adolescents. For example, by reading a variety of books, magazines, and newspapers, students gain exposure to complex vocabulary, and reading becomes a prime opportunity for learning new words. Despite the importance of reading for lexical …
Descriptors: Literacy, Leisure Time, Early Adolescents, Children
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1987
To evaluate the writing skills of Colorado students under the Educational Quality Act of 1985 (commonly known as the 2 + 2 project), a study administered writing tasks to a statewide sample of third, sixth, ninth, and eleventh grade students in the spring of 1987. A narrative or story-telling writing task was administered to 2,000 grade 3 students…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Grade 11
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1985
This "Summary Report" is the last report of the findings of the 1985 Manitoba Reading Assessment. The report contains a description of the study along with recommendations based upon teachers' and principals' opinions and the judgment of the Technical Advisory Committee. The purposes of the 1985 Reading Assessment were: (1) to provide…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Pfeiffer, Marie Genevieve – 1979
A report is presented of an evaluation study that was set up to monitor the effects of a bilingual program on students' progress in all subject areas, its effects on student attitudes towards the French language and culture, and the patterns of language usage in the bilingual classroom. The sample for the study consisted of three groups: a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication
Steffensen, Margaret S.; And Others – 1981
A study investigated one aspect of the speech/reading comprehension relationship--that between the ability to select the correct standard English verbal endings (-s and -ed) and the ability to recognize the tense of a passage when time information was encoded primarily in the verbs and adverbs. Subjects were 135 third, sixth, and ninth grade…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Black Dialects, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cox, William F. Jr.; Matz, Robert D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Students in Grades six, seven, and eight were asked to integrate existing information and initially unknown answers to prose-related questions for answering superordinate questions. Results suggest that grade level development of hypothetico-deductive skills interacts with instructional prompt levels and that these skills are essential to…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes
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Worchel, Frances; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1990
Examined self-perceptions of cognitive abilities in students (N=360) in grades 5, 6, and 9. Results indicated depressed children were more likely than nondepressed children to have negative expectations for future and to compare themselves unfavorably to others. Findings suggest differences in cognitive ability may account for some of perceived…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Depression (Psychology), Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Hernandez, Jeanne – 1992
This study was undertaken to explore whether incest, extrafamilial sexual abuse, and physical abuse are linked with different psychological or behavioral consequences, and whether abuse affects males and females differently. In 1989, a survey instrument was administered to all 6th, 9th, and 12th graders in 84% of all the public schools in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Elementary School Students, Grade 12
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1989
The Minnesota Student Survey, including questions on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) virus transmission and sexual activity, was completed by approximately 88,000 6th-, 9th-, and 12th-graders during the 1988-89 school year. Sexual activity questions were not asked of sixth graders. Over 90% of high school students knew about sharing…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Tipton, Mark – 1990
The Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) results of 81 West Virginia home-schooled children in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11 were analyzed. Means of each sub-section of these CTBS scores were analyzed for significant differences from the West Virginia public school means for the respective grades and subsections. Families of the children tested…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Fowler, William J., Jr. – 1980
The effects of school characteristics upon achievement test scores in New York State were studied. Data, composed of the 1975-76 Consolidated Data Base and Finance Tapes for all 705 school districts in the state, were supplied by the New York State Department of Education. Among the 24 variables of interest were: state pupil evaluation tests of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3
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Brigman, Greg; Campbell, Chari – Professional School Counseling, 2003
This article describes a study evaluating the impact of school-counselor-led interventions on student academic achievement and school success behavior. A group counseling and classroom guidance model called student success skills (SSS) was the primary intervention. The focus of the SSS model was on three sets of skills identified in several…
Descriptors: Self Management, Educational Change, Guidance Objectives, Group Counseling
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1987
This document summarizes results of province-wide achievement tests given in Alberta, Canada in June 1987. These tests evaluated student achievement in third grade science, sixth grade mathematics, and ninth grade social studies. The test questions for each subject area reflected Alberta's curriculum specifications for that subject. The grade 3…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Dept. of Planning and Evaluation. – 1975
This report encompasses the results of two 1974-75 testing programs: (1) the Florida Statewide Assessment Program of communication skills and mathematics, administered to pupils in grades 3, 6, and 9, and (2) the countywide testing program involving the Stanford Achievement Test, a national standardized test administered to pupils in grades 1-12.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
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Vardell, Sylvia M. – English Journal, 1983
Assesses students' responses to and production of story conventions in detective or mystery stories and explores students' responses to literature as potential connections between comprehending and composing text. (MM)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
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