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O'Sullivan, Rita G. – 1990
The high school dropout rate is a matter for serious concern. Nationally, dropout prevention programs for at-risk youth have emerged and are increasing. In response to this situation a model middle school dropout prevention program was implemented for a small city public school system. This study assessed the effectiveness of the first year of the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Grade 6, High Risk Students
Dielman, T. E.; And Others – 1984
Although recent survey findings have indicated a decrease in the percentage of teenage smokers, cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. A social learning smoking prevention intervention, consisting of four sessions which occurred at 2-week intervals, was conducted with fifth and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Children, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Schermerhorn, Pamela K.; McLaughlin, T. F. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 1997
Compares a spelling program to a traditional basal spelling program. Results obtained from 16 intermediate grade students indicate that students' weekly test scores significantly increased during the experimental spelling program. Outlines benefits to students, as well as the difficulties of implementing the program. (RJM)
Descriptors: Children, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Grade 5
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Young, Michael; Rausch, Susan – Journal of Drug Education, 1991
Describes Be a Winner, an innovative drug education program in which uniformed law enforcement officers lead an eight-week instructional program at the fifth or sixth grade levels. Program evaluation indicated program decision-making skills improved as well as a positive change in some attitudes and beliefs concerning substance use. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Drug Education, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Kolbe, Tom – Primary Voices K-6, 1999
Describes a three-year collaborative project, Investigating Our Community, involving teachers and fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Focuses on moving from mandated curriculum that defines inquiry with known outcomes to inquiry that explores the unknown knowledge and stories of their school's neighborhood. Finds that a community investigation…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Relations, Curriculum Development, Grade 4
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Krol, Karen; Janssen, Jeroen; Veenman, Simon; van der Linden, Jos – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2004
In this study, the effects of a school improvement program on cooperative learning (CL) with respect to the elaborations of 6th grade students working in mixed ability and mixed sex dyads on 2 cooperative tasks were examined. A post test only design with a control group was used to investigate the provision and receipt of elaborations within the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 6, Teaching Methods, Interpersonal Relationship
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Carver, Vivien; Reinert, Bonita; Range, Lillian M. – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2006
To examine cumulative impact of anti-smoking messages, 300+ sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at three southern, private schools completed the Youth Tobacco Survey during both fall and spring, 2001-2002. One school had tobacco lessons plus health-promotion teams, the other tobacco lessons, and the third classes as usual. In attitudes and…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Nunnery, John A.; Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
Components of the School Renaissance[R] program, including Accelerated Reader and Reading Renaissance, have been implemented in more than 65,000 schools in the United States. Despite the program's popularity, there have been no published, well-controlled evaluations of its effectiveness. This randomized field experiment was designed to gauge…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Personnel Relations. – 1988
During the 1985-86 school year, 16 North Carolina school units began a four-year pilot program that used a variety of incentives, evaluation strategies, and staff development activities to improve teachers' skills, and, indirectly, the achievement of students. After three years of the Career Development Program (CDP), the California Achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1985
The Stanford Achievement Test (SAT), Intermediate Level II, was administered to 11,077 sixth grade students during fall 1984. This two-section report presents findings of the SAT's three mathematics subtests. These subtests measured competency related to: (1) mathematics concepts (number, notation, operations, and geometry/measurement), (2)…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Cummings, Oliver W. – 1981
Research on an interpretation technique (IT) for using the Pupil Item Response Record (PIRR) of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) to actively involve students in their test interpretation was presented. The major concern of the study was to determine whether the IT had any impact on attitudes toward or knowledge about the ITBS. Students in…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cluster Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Huff, Joseph A. – School Counselor, 1988
Describes a counseling intervention in the discipline process patterned after a concept called Personalized Behavior Modification which uses a therapeutic in-school suspension system to teach middle-school students who are maladjusted or show problem behavior the fundamentals of responsible school behavior. Claims that the program is effective and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Grade 6
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Kaufman, Joy S.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1994
Implemented program to decrease incidence of new smokers among black adolescents. Program combined school-based curriculum with comprehensive media intervention. There were two experimental conditions: one group participated in school-based intervention and was prompted to participate in multimedia intervention; other group had access to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Drug Education, Grade 6
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Greenwood, Charles R.; And Others – School Psychology Review, 1993
Trial spanning grades 1-4 reported changes in classroom processes produced by ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) Program covaried with statistically and educationally significant levels of growth in at-risk students' academic achievement. Investigated follow-up outcomes at end of sixth grade. Found continued improved academic outcomes in students at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Followup Studies
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Volk, Trudi L.; Cheak, Marie J. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2003
This study evaluated the impact of an environmental education program on students, parents, and the community. The program, in place for 5 years in 5th and 6th grade classes, was designed to help learners take an in-depth look at environmental issues in their community, make data-based decisions about those issues, and participate in resolving…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Speech Skills, Environmental Education, Grade 5
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