Species identification tasks are generally accepted as fundamental aspects of biodiversity education. Our educational training unit, therefore, focused on identification skills by introducing stuffed specimens in combination with identification books and preparation booklets. We limited the number of bird species to six. 492 secondary school…

The prevalence of bullying and victimization by gender, grade level, and race/ ethnicity was examined among a sample of low socioeconomic, Black and Hispanic 6th- to 12th-graders in a large urban school district in Texas. Bullying and victimization were measured using specific behaviors. Students were classified as bullies (7%), victims (12%),…

Volume 1, the first of eight publications developed by the Intercultural Development Research Association as part of the "Texas School Dropout Survey Project," looks at the magnitude of the school dropout problem in Texas. It presents data on dropouts, dropout distribution and rates by type and size of place, dropout trends nationally,…

This study determines that adolescents' attitudes toward older persons, while not negative as originally supposed, can be changed in a more positive direction through planned educational experiences. Situational and personal characteristics account for variance in pretest attitudes evidenced toward the aged. The study was conducted on ninth-grade…

This curriculum guide for English describes an individualized program for Spanish-speaking students aged 14 through 17, but it can be adapted for speakers of other languages. It outlines a program for all ability levels, except those classified as retarded educable. It formulates 36 lessons for four subjects: English, mathematics, history, and…

The relationship between the nine General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) aptitudes as well as the GATB composite and success in a vocational-technical curriculum as measured by shop grades is investigated. Two different samples were used and both consisted of 10th grade boys enrolled in Shop Courses in the Altoona, Pennsylvania Area Vocational…

Five classes of secondary school students were involved in an experiment to compare student interest in expository versus narrative text structures. Results with 313 ninth graders in Guam, using history texts, indicate that students favored narrative structure in face-to-face comparisons of texts. (TJH)

Relationships among locus of control, academic program, and sex of 267 ninth-graders were studied. As hypothesized, students in the advanced level program were more internally controlled than were general or basic level students. Although locus of control was related to academic level, its relationship to gender was not consistent. (SLD)

Considerable evidence now exists of the problem of boys' underachievement in a wide range of academic subjects, including geography. This paper offers examples of, and suggests tentative solutions to, problems of underachievement based on the findings generated by a research project conducted in an English secondary school. In so doing it raises…

The aim in this study was to develop a way of identifying resilient and non-resilient middle adolescents in a formerly black-only urban residential (township) school, in order to ultimately support the development of learners' resilience under stressful circumstances. A Resilience Scale was developed to screen for resilient and non-resilient…

During the 1984-1986 academic years, the Nebraska Prevention Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse again cooperated with the Omaha Public Schools to assess the effects of the videotape-based educational program, "Resisting Pressures to Drink and Drive." This report summarizes the activities of the 1984-1985 year and presents an assessment of…

This second survey of drug and alcohol use among 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students enrolled in California's public secondary schools was conducted from December 1987 to February 1988. The purpose of this survey was to provide information on levels of substance use and related attitudes and experiences among young people who are enrolled in public…

This study was undertaken: (1) to determine achievement in mathematics of ninth graders (general mathematics students and algebra students) in eight public schools in New Jersey as measured by an achievement test developed and tested by the author; (2) to determine attitudes toward mathematics of the students as measured by an attitude scale…

INVESTIGATED IS THE INFLUENCE OF NINTH GRADE SCIENCE COURSES UPON STUDENTS' SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT, SCIENCE INTERESTS, AND CAREER CHOICE. APPROXIMATELY 1300 ACADEMICALLY TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS COMPOSED THE INITIAL SAMPLE. RANDOM SAMPLES OF 50 STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FROM EACH OF FOUR SUBGROUPS--THOSE WHO HAD TAKEN BIOLOGY, GENERAL SCIENCE,…

Two-year ethnographic study with 25 working-class, 9th-and 10th-grade, black and Latino/Latina students to examine how they interpret and negotiate college-going processes. Findings suggest three interrelated strategies of negotiations: (1) challenging negative perceptions and expectations of urban youth; (2) "passing" academic…