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New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1991
The result of a move in the State of New Jersey to establish a common core of knowledge and skills in specified high school courses, this paper presents the core course proficiencies for English courses students take to meet high school graduation requirements in English (Language Arts). The paper first briefly discusses the background, purpose,…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, English Curriculum, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Ward, Linda R. – 1991
A 2-week study was conducted to determine what effect the practice of cooperative learning had on the rote memorization of 51 prepositions in ninth-grade English classrooms. One class of 15 students acted as a control group, memorizing the prepositions independently, in a traditional setting. Another class of 15 students acted as the experimental…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Download full textHarkness, Suzanne C. – 1986
One hundred and three students from the 1985 graduating class of Hightstown (New Jersey) High School took New Jersey's College Basic Skills Placement Test (CBSPT) after entering two-year and four-year colleges in New Jersey. The 103, who represented the entire distribution of class ranks, rated themselves fairly accurately on their abilities in…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Attendance, College Entrance Examinations, English Curriculum
