This study details an innovative approach to coordinating and enhancing multiple levels of assessment and discursive feedback around an existing multi-media curricular environment called Astronomy Village[R]. As part of a broader design-based research programme, the study analysed small group interactions in feedback activities across two design…

Project PRIDE (Probe, Research, Inquire, Discover, and Evaluate) is evaluated in this report to provide data to be used as a learning tool for project staff and student participants. Major objectives of the project are to provide an inter-disciplinary, objective approach to the study of the American heritage, and to incorporate methods and…

Develops various strategies for an approach to physics instruction that should improve girls' and boys' attitudes toward and achievement in physics. Discusses implications for the teaching and learning of physics. (Author/CCM)

The purpose of this project was to design and implement a visual art course parallel to the U.S. history course required of all 11th grade students at the John F. Kennedy High School in New York City, New York. The study also attempted to determine if a non-linguistic, instructional methodology, such as that used in visual arts instruction, could…

The purpose of this dissertation is to present a study of a specific television course, American literature for the 11th grade, which was created in 1957 and was taught, revised, and received from that date to 1963 in high schools in Detroit, Michigan. The areas studied as they relate directly to this course and the medium of teaching were: (1)…

Presents worksheets formulated for high school juniors and seniors to help them learn rules for punctuation. (HTH)

The relationship between juvenile delinquency and school performance was observed through the application of LISREL-type modeling to study compliance theory. Details of research methodology and results are given. (DF)

This document presents student work on the Science test which was completed as part of a Graduate Exit Exam (GEE) 21 assessment. The test is made up of forty multiple--choice items, four independent short?answer items, and one comprehensive science task. The science task consists of three short--answer items and one essay, all of which are based…

Describes the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential school for high school juniors and seniors who are gifted in science and mathematics. Includes an interview with three of the students. (JOW)

This study addressed whether students could change their reading rate when presented with two clearly explicated purposes for reading. Results indicated that students could adapt their reading rate to fit different purposes but that passage difficulty affected the degree of flexibility. (Author/GK)

Reports on the positive effects of free writing that is followed by rewriting. (RL)

Investigates the differential effects of ownership opportunities and instructional support on the writing-task engagement of high school students reporting low-, mid-, and high-levels of writing self-efficacy. (RAE)

Argues that writing instruction is most effective when instruction focuses on inquiry which includes: utilizing concrete data, solving problems by using thinking strategies inherent in various writing tasks, focusing on student-centered problems, and encouraging student interaction with a minimum of teacher lecture. (JAD)

Examines the intersection of classroom inquiry and educational policy by asking the question: "Can teacher-research become a vehicle for creating just and politically sensitive accounts of how educational policies affect real lives?" Shares classroom research conducted with students receiving special assistance to pass a state-mandated writing…

Reports in detail on a year-long case study of multiple-model use at grade 11. Suggests that students who socially negotiated the shared and unshared attributes of common analogical models for atoms, molecules, and chemical bonds used these models more consistently in their explanations. (Author/CCM)