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Mattheis, Floyd E.; Nakayama, Genzo – 1988
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a laboratory-centered inquiry program on laboratory skills, science process skills, and knowledge/understanding. The inquiry approach used in the Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) program and a traditional science textbook approach were compared in terms of the three…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 6, Grade 7, Inquiry
Sabar, Naama – 1983
This study investigated the implementation of a 7th grade biology curriculum ("Animal and its Environment") in Israel. The curriculum has seven parts, each one with a dictated sequence including well-defined objectives, suitable activities, and assigned materials, with little degree of freedom for the teacher. A primary concern for the…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
McQuagge, Daniel Temple – 1974
This study was designed to determine statistically whether the prolonged use of three prepared reading readiness activities has any influence on seventh-grade students' abilities to read unfamiliar literature; which of the readiness activities is most influential on students' abilities; and whether or not longevity of such influence exists. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education
Feeley, Joan T. – 1975
Elementary and secondary teachers are recognizing that today's children are products of a visual era who bring visual literacy to their school language learning. Visual resources may be developed and used as a valuable motivational technique. The following programs utilizing this approach are outlined: Dorothy Lopez' development of polaroid…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7
Fisher, Kenneth David – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine if syntactic maturity, as measured by T-unit length, clause length, and clauses per T-unit, and if the level of reading comprehension, as measured by cloze tests and a standardized reading test, of one group each of selected fifth, seventh, and ninth graders could be influenced by the students completing…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Grade 5, Grade 7
Allen, Richard D.; And Others – 1967
The purpose of this pilot study was to collect information on the feasibility of designing a controlled experimental project to test the effectiveness of a new grammar called "sector analysis" on improving student writing. The fourth, seventh, and ninth grade materials used in this study were based on this new approach to teaching…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Grade 4
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Kearney, Lynn; Tashlik, Phyllis – Language Arts, 1985
Discusses the differing viewpoints of a classroom teacher and a researcher on the use of small groups as a teaching technique to illustrate the conflict between the researcher/teacher perspectives. (HTH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Attitudes, Educational Researchers, Elementary Education
Dougherty, Barbara J. – 2002
This book introduces journal-writing prompts in mathematics for grades 7-8. Content prompts, attitudinal or affective prompts, and process prompts are presented. Each of the content prompts relates or connects topics within and outside of mathematics, targeting important or meaningful concepts and skills. The content prompts also provide…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Concept Formation, Educational Change, Grade 7
Whitten, James – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1982
Outlines a method to help students through the beginning phases of writing that will also show them the vital relationship between observation and creation. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
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Aulls, Mark; Gelbart, Felix – Research in the Teaching of English, 1980
Results of a study in which four instructional methods (involving different amounts of preparation and guidance in reading short stories) were used with 48 seventh-grade students demohstrate that it is possible to simultaneously prepare able and less able readers for discussion of the same story. Reading attitudes were also assessed in the study.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7, High Achievement, Low Achievement
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Klein, James D.; Keller, John M. – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
This study (N=75) examined the effects of student ability, locus of control, and type of instructional control on performance and the motivational outcome of confidence. Results indicated that student ability and locus of control significantly influenced both performance and confidence, whereas type of instructional control did not affect…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 7
Pulos, Steven; Sneider, Cary – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1994
Presents guidelines for developing and evaluating games in mathematics, including a concrete example--coordinate geometry taught by the Rubber Bones game--and its evaluation using (n=52) seventh graders. Guidelines for development include analysis of the concepts and the learner, nature of learning, enjoyability, integration, and evaluation. (48…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7
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Pegg, John; Redden, Edward – Mathematics Teacher, 1990
Discussed are the philosophy and procedures behind the introduction of algebra to students in grade 7 in Australia. Included are the importance of concrete experiences, language development, and the consequences involved in this procedure. (CW)
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
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Evans, Sharon A.; Nguyen, Phong T.; Barrett, Tim M.; Johnson, Melissa K.; Doutis, Panayiotis; Brobst, Brandi; Shinoda, Yousike – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Examined how different middle schools, with different curricula, differed in their approach to teaching the same pickleball activity, comparing the enacted curriculum of schools using a multi-activity curriculum to a school using curriculum developed through the Saber-Tooth Project. Schools were similar managerially. Differences were apparent when…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Grade 7
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Garthwait, Abigail – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2004
The contribution of qualitative research consists in "description, verification (of existing theories, hypotheses, generalizations, or practices), evaluation or prescription, as well as understanding" (Glesne & Peshkin, 1992, p. 16). This qualitative study examined the dynamics and complexities, which occur in the natural setting of a seventh…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Benefits, Grade 7
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