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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development. – 1976
Seven modules provide perspective on United States history in terms of the American as an individual in the community. Part One, The American Family, explores roles of American men and women, marriage, and the family. Letters written in 1776 between John and Abigail Adams are contrasted with letters written in 1975 between working mothers. Family…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational History, Educational Media, Experimental Curriculum
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Baumann, James F.; Ballard, Peg Quigley – Journal of Reading, 1987
Introduces a two-step instructional model that promotes independence in reading comprehension by transferring responsibility for strategy use to the students throughout the course of instruction. Includes extended examples. (NKA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Critical Reading, Grade 11, Instructional Systems
Lee, Valerie – Momentum, 1986
Summarizes National Assessment of Educational Progress findings regarding the reading proficiency of students in Catholic and public schools in fourth, eighth, and eleventh grades. Contrasts results in terms of family background and social status, school characteristics, and behavior associated with academic performance. (DMM)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics
Kelly, Freda – 1999
In this social studies and language arts interdisciplinary unit for 8th or 11th grade, students are required to take on the persona of a Populist or a Progressive. The unit is designed to create a dialogue between two similar movements in late 19th and early 20th century U.S. history. Students work in small groups to research and present their…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black History, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Neal, Kimberly L. – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this applied dissertation was to examine the effects of constructivist pedagogy when addressing the issues associated with below proficiency scores in basic skills in mathematics on the state exit exam. Scores of thirty-four 11th and 12th grade students who did not perform at the state-mandated levels of proficiency in basic skills…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Exit Examinations
National Park Service (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 2002
The Booker T. Washington National Monument preserves and protects the birth site and childhood home of Booker T. Washington while interpreting his life experiences and significance in U.S. history as the most powerful African American between 1895 and 1915. The programs and activities included in this guide about the Booker T. Washington and W. E.…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black History, Black Leadership, Blacks
Owens, Tom – 1997
A study evaluated The Boeing Company's Student Internship Program for students enrolled in a manufacturing technology program. The programs in the Seattle (Washington) and Portland (Oregon) areas provided students with three progressive internship levels offered in the summers of grades 11, 12, and 13 (the first year of community college). The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Experiential Learning, Grade 11, Grade 12
Niles, Georgette Wilbur – 1999
This problem-based learning unit asks students to assume roles as experts from countries that participated in World War I. These experts will meet both in expert groups and with their respective country representatives to determine what terms, in four specific areas, should be included in the treaty that will formally end the war. Next, they must…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, European History, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
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Corbett, Robert G.; And Others – Journal of Geological Education, 1990
Described are the organization, focus, field and laboratory components, evaluation, and costs of the program. The rationale of this approach is presented. Benefits to the students and faculty involved are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Science, Earth Science, Field Studies
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Singer, Alan – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the impact of a transformative curriculum in social studies among 96 11th-grade students in a New York City high school. Illustrates problems teachers face when they assume that students are making the intellectual connections expected of them. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Females
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Ben-Chaim, David; Zoller, Uri – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Presents the STS (science/technology/society) outlook profiles of 546 eleventh graders from Israeli high schools within the existing science, nonscience, and technological tracks in terms of cognition, behavior, and literacy. Findings indicate significant differences between the profiles for students regarding behavior and literacy but not for…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
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Lee, Seong-Soo; Lee, Y. H. K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
The assumption that learners are the best judges of learning needs in computer-assisted instruction was tested by assigning 55 eleventh graders to learner-control or program-control conditions. Results indicate that efficiency of the learner-control strategy cannot be taken for granted and emphasize the importance of prior knowledge. (SLD)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Fowler, Robert H; Crawford, John W. – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1988
Describes a teaching unit, 5 class periods in length, for students grades 10-12. Deals with the context of the Alaska Boundary Dispute of 1903. Presents the cause of the dispute, its resolution, and the repercussions. (DB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
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Laufer, Batia – Applied Linguistics, 1998
This study examined development of three types of vocabulary knowledge (passive, controlled active, and free active) over one year of second-language instruction and the relationship of the three types at different stages of vocabulary learning. Subjects were 48 Israeli high school students of English as a Second Language. Results raise questions…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10
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Yates, Miranda; Youniss, James – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1996
Presented a theoretical framework for understanding how community service affords opportunities for stimulating identity development in adolescents. Found that service experience can stimulate reflection on society's political organization and moral order and reflection on the adolescent's role in making that order change to reflect the student's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Citizen Participation, Community Action
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