The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a program designed to improve the quality of written composition by teaching students the components and use of a descriptive writing scale so that they could rate their own compositions and those of other students. The study consisted of two groups, an experimental group and a…

The study's purpose was to examine the effects of a planned program of educational-occupational information on the knowledge of occupations, level of aspiration, level of training and the self-concept of Maine elementary school students. The experimental group, from Veazie, consisted of grades 2, 3, 5, and 6. The control group was from the same…

Evaluated seven-day program incorporating discussion, dance, and song to bring children and older adults from the community together in sixth-grade unit on aging. Survey of 21 students following the program suggests that students began to perceive older participants in active rather than passive terms and that nature of program became more…

This study examines the effectiveness of the Too Good for Drugs II (TGFD II) program in impacting adolescents' substance use intentions, attitudes, and perceptions. Sixth grade students (N=1,318) from six middle schools in a large Florida school district participated in the pretest and posttest phase of the study. Posttest questionnaires were…

Evaluated the effectiveness of a program designed to promote body image satisfaction and prevent eating problems in young adolescent girls over a 1-year period. Found no program effect. Found instead, significant increases in body image satisfaction and decreases in eating problem scores over time for participants in both the prevention and…

Given that affective and cognitive processes interact in writing, it is important that interventions for developing writing ability focus both on strategies for developing motivation and cognitive processes. This article provides evidence for the efficacy of an instructional program that combines training in composition processes with strategies…

The study analyses the effects of training primary school children in the use of a linguistic tool called "Exploratory Talk" (ET) on their capacity for argumentation. ET allows for reasoned confrontation and negotiation of points of view, making the reasoning visible in the talk. Eighty-eight Mexican children from the 5th and 6th grades…

Introduction: This research sought to investigate how school students build on their existing knowledge of a curriculum topic and transform found information into personal knowledge, and how their knowledge of this topic changes. Method: The qualitative study involved 574 students from Grades 6 to 12 in ten New Jersey schools. The context for data…

This implementation guide is intended to support the Grade 4 to Grade 6 portion of the Ukrainian Language Arts Kindergarten to Grade 9 Program of Studies. It was developed primarily for teachers, yet it includes information that may be useful for administrators and other stakeholders in their efforts to plan for and implement the new Ukrainian…

The District of Columbia's Nature Computer Camp program, described and evaluated in this paper, was designed to reduce the geographical isolation of economically disadvantaged urban sixth graders, and to provide them with increased knowledge of the environmental and computer sciences. The paper begins by giving details of the program's management,…

There is a growing awareness of the need to include economics as a subject in the elementary school curriculum. This research project directed by the Industrial Relations Center of The University of Chicago demonstrates that variable economic understanding in students occurs at each socioeconomic status (SES) level. Included in the study is an…

Objectives of this educational research conducted in 1969-70 to determine if two categories of variables, socioeconomic level and location (rural, suburban, or urban), affect 6th and 7th grade students in their: 1) acquired economic knowledge; and 2) ability to gain knowledge from an economic program. Classes and teachers were randomly selected…

A survey of 299 eighth-grade students who had attended a school-operated two-day residential program during grade six at Durham Forest (Uxbridge, Ontario) Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre showed fulfillment of 8 of the 10 program objectives. Each objective is analyzed with student responses in narrative and graph format. (SAS)

This study investigates performance on oral tasks across two groups of francophone learners with different ESL instruction. It reports on second language (L2) ability gains in intensive instruction and regular instruction. To date, gains in oral proficiency have not been reported in such programs, nor has there been a comparison across two…

Hierarchical linear modeling (HIM) is an approach used in data analysis to better understand how program outcomes are affected by the "nested" nature of data collected in many studies. An outcome can be considered variables such as an individual's self-efficacy, social skills, or more targeted outcomes such as demonstrated reading and mathematical…