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Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1980
Developed from a comparison of the writing performance of eighth grade students in Delaware with a representative national group, this writing resource guide provides a detailed description of the state's writing assessment procedure and offers educators guidance in evaluating student writing and improving student writing skills. After describing…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 8, Resource Materials
Bates, Donald L. – 1986
This practicum addressed the problem of eighth-grade U.S. history students who did not acquire nor retain the necessary course core vocabulary. This lack of vocabulary acquisition resulted in reduced student performance, lack of understanding, and a poor attitude. The goals were: (1) to increase the student's U.S. history core vocabulary level;…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Grade 8, History Instruction, Middle Schools
STEELE, GERALD L. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO COMPARE EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL NONPRODUCING MOCKUPS WITH COMMERCIAL PLASTICS PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FOR RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING PLASTIC CONCEPTS, AND TO COMPARE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE TWO METHODS IN DEVELOPING MANUAL DEXTERITY. TREATMENT A (EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND MOCKUPS) WAS…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Equipment, Educational Experiments
Thompson, Joseph Edward – 1973
The objectives of this investigation were to study the effects of instruction in the development of qualitative vocabulary on overt, latent, and written qualitative vocabulary performance of urban students of lower socioeconomic background, and to study the effects of such instruction on pupil performance in reading comprehension. Data used to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 10, Grade 8
Gebhart, Richard H. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the relative effect of two instructional approaches upon students' understanding of industrial enterprise. Specifically, the study attempted to ascertain the extent to which two differing instructional approaches affected (1) information achievement, (2) attitude, (3) retention of technical information,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 8

Alvermann, Donna E.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1985
Reports on the various ways teachers use textbooks to make assignments for discussion and offers a checklist for teachers interested in analyzing their own use of text in discussion. (HOD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Check Lists, Content Area Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Mayer, Daniel P. – 1997
As almost every state revises its mathematics frameworks or develops new ones, current testing practices remain almost unchanged. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), in its "Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics," argues for greater emphasis on application, reasoning, and conceptual understanding, but the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
Baron, Joan Boykoff – 1999
A case study analyzed Connecticut's state-level and district-level policies and practices related to its high level of reading achievement. Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and Connecticut's statewide test were analyzed; state and local policies were identified through interviews. Results indicated: on the 1998…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Policy, Grade 4, Grade 8

Cotterell, John L. – Journal of Educational Research, 1982
Degree of lesson complexity was examined and related to the type of approach used by eighth grade teachers. Results indicated that teachers adapt to the perceived complexity of class activities and to students' behavior cues, using direct instruction more frequently in mathematics and science than in the humanities and language arts. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Conventional Instruction

Papanastasiou, Constantinos – Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on Theory and Practice, 2002
Using a structural equation model, this study investigated the mathematics achievement of eighth graders in Cyprus enrolled in the year 1994-1995. The model considered two exogenous constructs related to student background and five endogenous constructs. Although attitudes, teaching, and beliefs had direct effect on mathematics outcomes, these…
Descriptors: Background, Beliefs, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Duzzy, Rachel – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 2002
Describes a book writing project implemented by one Israeli English-as-a-Foreign-Language teacher. Pupils decide what they want to write about and what format the project will take. The project incorporates many of the principles and practices outlined in the English curriculum. It requires extensive writing and reading, drafting, rewriting and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8

McWhirter, Anna M. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Describes whole language reading workshops used in eighth grade classrooms. Notes that workshops consist of three components: time to read, ownership through self-selection, and opportunities to respond to the reading through dialogue journals. (MG)
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Functional Reading, Grade 8, Middle Schools

Solender, Katherine; Buchanan, Penelope D. – Art Education, 1989
Provides a lesson plan that introduces students in grades seven-nine to artistic depiction of a specific time and place. Explores Joseph Mallord William Turner's "Burning of the Houses of Parliament" as both visual record and emotional interpretation. Lists instructional strategies for description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment

Hse, Shun-Yi – Proceedings of the National Science Council, Republic of China, 1991
The development of an instructional model based on a learning cycle including correlation, analysis, and generalization (CAG) is described. A module developed for heat and temperature was administered to test its effects by comparing its use with the same unit in the New Physical Science Curriculum (NPSC). The methodology, results, and discussion…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries
Trottier, Gerald; Knox, Greer – Canadian Journal of English Language Arts, 1989
Describes a project involving cooperative learning and learning centers with eighth grade students. Outlines the procedures used and describes the learning centers that were implemented. Discusses how these approaches provide a balance of individual and teacher-directed learning with interactive and activity-based experiences. (MG)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cooperative Learning, English Curriculum, English Instruction