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New Visions for Public Schools, 2007
Getting ready for college is a process--one that starts as soon as one enters high school. It has many steps and many deadlines. The good news: There are resources to help you stay organized. Talk to your college advisor, and use the resources in this guide to get information and to identify test dates and other important deadlines. Make your…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High School Students, Student Educational Objectives, Standardized Tests
Gray, Stephanie; Keech, Catharine – 1980
An approach to teaching expository writing and research in support of that approach are presented in this book. The first section of the book discusses writing from given information, a technique by which teachers give students collections of nonverbal data (charts, graphs, maps, and other pictorial information) that the students must organize in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Grade 11
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1967
GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Instrumental music. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four sections, one each for grades 7-9, 10, 11, and 12. Each section contains units on strings, woodwinds and brass, percussion, and specific instrumental problems. The guide is straight text extensively illustrated with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Vermont Department of Education, 2006
The annual event dropout rate describes the proportion of students who leave school each year without completing a high school program. The event dropout rates for the school year 2004-2005 of 1.68% for grades 7 through 12th and 2.40% for grades 9 through 12th are at the lowest levels in the past ten years. The event completion/graduation rate…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Dropout Rate, Graduation Rate, Enrollment Trends
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Watt, Helen M. G. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
This study examined the continued gender imbalance in mathematics participation in senior high, which has implications for adolescents' future careers. It confirms persisting greater male participation in maths-related educational and occupational choices among this sample of Australian youth. Gendered course-taking in maths, along with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Females, Careers
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Costello, Barbara J.; Anderson, Bradley J.; Stein, Michael D. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2006
Despite a growing body of literature on the causes of heavy episodic drinking, little attention has been paid to this phenomenon in the sociological and criminological literature. This research assesses the extent to which a popular theory of crime and deviance, control theory, can explain heavy episodic drinking. Analysis of data collected from a…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Social Integration, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking
RYAN, JAMES J. – 1967
AS PART OF A LARGER EVALUATION PROJECT, THIS RESEARCH EFFORT WAS ORGANIZED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE NEW MATH PROGRAMS ON HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS' SUBSEQUENT ENROLLMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COURSES. THE PARTICULAR MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY WERE (1) THE BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE PROGRAM, (2) THE UNIVERSITY OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Programs, Experimental Programs
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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
Peacock, R. L.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
An experimental program in which regular General Mathematics 9, 10, and 11 courses were supplemented by instruction in business machines was evaluated. Results of the Test of Mathematical Fundamentals and the Mathematics Test Supplement (see sample, Appendix A) showed no significant superiority in achievement for students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Course Evaluation, Experimental Programs, Grade 10
Bazemore, Mildred; Geary, Monica – 2001
The North Carolina State Board of Education, as part of the Quality Assurance Program, initially established a computer proficiency requirement for diplomas issued to the Class of 2000. In October of 1995, the Board modified the requirement by making it effective beginning with the graduating Class of 2001. Students who were in grade eight for the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pereira-Mendoza, Lionel – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1979
Defines cases, symmetry, and analysis as the heuristic strategies most commonly employed by a select group of high school students in solving novel mathematics problems. Confirms that the utilization of heuristics appears to be problem-dependent. Describes the procedure, actual problems, results, and recommendations of the study. (SB)
Descriptors: Competence, Geometry, Grade 11, Grade 9
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Oliver, Eileen I. – English Quarterly, 1989
Examines three writing assignment variables--topic, purpose, and audience--to determine how writing prompts affect student performance in grades 7, 9, and 11, and in college freshmen. Finds these variables influenced writing quality at different grades in different ways; generally, specific purpose and topic cues produced better essays. (SR)
Descriptors: Assignments, Audience Awareness, College Freshmen, Grade 11
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Thornton, Bill; Ryckman, Richard M. – Journal of Adolescence, 1991
Examined contributions of physical attractiveness and physical effectiveness to self-esteem among adolescents in grades 7, 9, and 11, and college freshmen. Both attractiveness and effectiveness were significantly related to self-esteem of males and females. Attractiveness and effectiveness did not appear to be differentially important to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, College Freshmen, Grade 11
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Horn, Stacey S. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
This study investigated how social group status and group bias are related to adolescents' reasoning about social acceptance. Ninth and eleventh-grade students (N = 379) were asked to make judgments about the inclusion of individuals in school activities based on their peer crowd membership. The results of the study revealed that both…
Descriptors: School Activities, Reference Groups, Social Status, Adolescents
King, Lisa – 1991
This unit is one of a series that represents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. The events of 1945 are regarded widely as a turning point in 20th century history, a point when the United States unequivocally took its place as a world power, at a time when Americans had a strong but…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
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