This report discusses findings from the Monitoring the Future study in relation to adolescent cigarette preferences. Results show that in 1998, 19.1% of the eighth graders, 27.6% of the tenth graders, and 35.1% of the twelfth graders reported smoking within 30 days prior to the survey. By the time they finish high school, 65.2% of American young…

Concludes that high school teachers are performing the task of teaching composition satisfactorily. (RB)

A statewide sampling of Wyoming's graduating senior-high pupils raised serious concerns regarding the preparation of many of these pupils for college mathematics courses. Future occupational choices available to most females were seen as severely limited. (MP)

Presents results from a study that examined students' historical understanding by looking at five parent-child dyads in an inner-city high school, a college preparatory academy, and a Christian high school. Uses oral history interviews as well as other types of research methods. Focuses on results from interviews on Vietnam. (CMK)

Describes one high school English teacher's experiment with assigning stories instead of analytical essays. Argues for retelling and storytelling as a valuable resource in the high school curriculum. (RAE)

Study investigated antecedents of achievement attributions and achievement values in ninth and twelfth graders who named an achievement important to them as a basis for eliciting success attributions and values. As expected, results indicated that students were more motivated to achieve in some contexts than in others. (SM)

Identifies misconceptions related to the fundamental characteristics of atoms and molecules held by twelfth-grade students. Data were obtained by administration of semistructured interviews to a stratified, random sample of 30 students. Fifty-two misconceptions were observed and reported. Some of the misconceptions identified parallel the…

Discusses the results of the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) of secondary school students on probability and statistics. The most recent results indicate that more attention is being given to data analysis, statistics, and probability, and that student performance on these items is gradually improving compared to the 1990…

Describes an art project used with eleventh- and twelfth-grade students in which they created plaster self-portraits inspired by the work of George Segal. Includes directions for the casting and lists the art materials needed for the lesson. Explains that the project requires half a semester to complete. (CMK)

The purpose of the bulletin is to provide information to teachers and students about the Social Studies 30 Diploma Examination for 1987. The information includes: (1) a description of the examination; 70 multiple-choice questions worth 70% of the total score and one essay worth 30%; (2) an outline of the objectives to be tested including…

A study was conducted to determine the effects of sentence length, sentence structure, and word frequency on the readability of textbook prose. Specifically, the study assessed the extent to which the factors, taken alone or in combination, affected the readability of two 1,000-word college textbook passages when the content remained the same. Two…

The document provides an example of the integration of career awareness into a half-year elective English course at the senior high school level. The project was designed to increase: knowledge of careers in general and specifically in the Boothbay Harbor, Maine area; awareness of how personal characteristics relate to job requirements, skill, and…

For those students who qualify, the Advance Program offers an opportunity to follow a stimulating curriculum designed for the academically talented. The purposes of the course outlined in this guide for twelfth grade English are to bring the previous three years' studies in Advance Program English to a meaningful culmination; to provide a…

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…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7, 8, 9, and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Guidance. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in two parts. Part 1 contains three sections: Introduction, How Guidance Works, and Supporting Functions of Guidance. Part 2 contains seven sections: Course of Study, Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary Schools; The Challenge of Grade 9,…