The instrumented team approach at St. John's High School, South Carolina, succeeds in getting general students to meet serious intellectual challenges because group learning counters the problems of poor reading ability, fear of failure, absenteeism, limited time, and underestimation of the importance of school. (MJL)

A test of the relationship between cognitive ability and individual earnings found that a single index, combining 17 cognitive ability tests, was insufficient to account for all ability-related earnings variation. The author used data from Project Talent's 1971 follow-up sample of twelfth graders tested in 1960. (Author/RW)

Shows how digging for details adds richness and new meanings to cliches. Provides student poems resulting from exercises with trite materials. (RL)

Describes a group writing assignment in which high school seniors voice their most common concerns in an open letter to their parents. (KEH)

A study of grade 12 curricula in Victoria (Australia) secondary schools showed a positive relationship between school size and number of subjects offered, although many small schools did offer a diverse curriculum. Increase in curriculum diversity relative to school size was uneven across fields, and evidence of actual enrollment in the additional…

This bulletin discusses the mathematics and science course enrollment trends of secondary students in Australia, which are of national concern because of the low participation rates overall and because of the gender imbalance in enrollment numbers. Statistics are reported for 12th-grade mathematics and science course enrollment, and expectations…

Physics 30 is a twelfth-grade physics course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is a final test for the course. Intended for administration during January 1986, it contains 56 multiple-choice questions and four written-response problems. Two-and-one-half hours are allowed for completing the test. No answer key is included since scoring…

Biology 30 is a twelfth-grade biology course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is a final test for the course. Intended for administration during January, 1986, it contains 80 multiple-choice questions and nine written-response questions. Two-and-one-half hours are allowed for completing the test. No answer key is included since…

Chemistry 30 is a twelfth-grade chemistry course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is a final test for the course. Intended for administration during January, 1986, it contains 56 multiple-choice questions and three written-response questions. Two-and-one-half hours are allowed for completing the test. No answer key is included since…

The task of humanizing Shakespeare for high school seniors is not simple but may be done in a variety of ways, all intended to arouse student interest, curiosity, respect, and fondness for the Bard. Gimmicks such as bulletin board signs, pictures, maps, charts, and writings attract attention, as do letters to local newspapers reporting informally…

This article examines the low pass rate of 12th grade Jamaican students in the British advanced level examinations, and the effects this low pass rate has in a developing nation. (WI)

Presents a lesson on George Wesley Bellows's 1910 painting, "Polo At Lakewood." This lesson is designed to introduce senior high students to the theme of genre painting. (BSR)

Describes a computer formula which measures readability according to how well high school seniors comprehend reading passages. (RB)

Selected structure-of-intellect factor measures were compared with subtests of the Florida State-Wide Twelfth Grade Test in predicting physics achievement. Multiple correlation coefficients were approximately the same when both sets were used together to predict physics achievement. (Author/PN)

This study gathered information concerning the status of mathematical preparation of high school seniors in Wyoming, and determined the mathematics necessary for entrance into University of Wyoming programs. The results are viewed to raise serious concerns regarding the planning and preparation of college-bound students. (MP)