Lifework planning helps students discover their interests, talents, abilities, and the niches where their talents and abilities might be used. This brief guide is designed to help eighth grade students, their parents, and their teachers plan a course of study in high school that is compatible with what the student is planning to do after high…

An account of one teacher's experiences with eighth graders. (PD)

Indicated that subjects with reading disabilities gave significantly fewer correct responses on cloze tasks, but they took the same time as subjects without reading disabilities. (RB)

SEVENTH- AND EIGHTH-GRADE PUPILS WERE SELECTED FOR THIS STUDY OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOOD AND POOR PROBLEM-SOLVERS AND FOR AN ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY. THESE PUPILS WERE OLD ENOUGH FOR MANY TESTS IN LARGE-SCALE FACTOR ANALYSES OF REASONING ABILITY, AND HAVE HAD LITTLE PARTICIPATION IN FORMAL PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES. SEVERAL TESTS OF…

A COMPARISON OF NUMBER SYSTEMS IS MADE IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CLASSWORK MATERIALS. A CHART COMPARING PREHISTORIC, BABYLONIAN, AND EGYPTIAN NUMBER SYSTEMS IS PRESENTED, AS WELL AS A WORK SHEET FOR EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS AND A TEST ON NUMBER SYSTEMS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TESTS ON GRAPHIC FRACTIONS, COMMON DENOMINATORS, THE MULTIPLICATION OF…

AN EVALUATION WAS MADE OF THREE METHODS OF PRESENTING SCIENCE LABORATORY EXERCISES COMBINED WITH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. FIVE EXPERIMENTS WITH EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE METHODS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE METHODS. MEASURES OF ABILITY TO SOLVE WORK AND ENERGY PROBLEMS WERE OBTAINED FROM SUBJECTS…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 8. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; Muslim civilization. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The central section of the guide is divided into eight subunits, each of which is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound…

Determined were whether instruction in spelling of science words in eight-grade biological science had any significant effect upon scientific spelling, vocabulary, and reading comprehension; general spelling, vocabulary, and reading comprehension; science progress; and science achievement for classes of average and above average students. Also,…

Reported are the results of a correlational study designed to investigate sex differences in various correlates of attitude and achievement in mathematics. Biographical inventories consisting of 90 or 97 true-false statements were constructed to assess mathematical attitude. The inventories were administered to eighth grade, college freshmen, and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 6-8. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into seven color-coded sections covering program organization, diagnosis, basic skills, advanced skills, reading taste, spelling, and material selection. It is mimeographed and spiral-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:…

This study investigated the adolescent experience with adult literature. Sixty-six eighth graders' free written responses to the Junior novel "Turned Out" were compared to their responses to the adult novel "A Separate Peace." Both novels were segmented into four divisions representing the exposition, development, climax, and conclusion of each…

A GUIDE FOR TEACHER USE WAS PREPARED FOR AN EIGHTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THE SUGGESTED CURRICULUM WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO LITERATURE WHICH WOULD APPEAL TO EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS. BACKGROUND DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO ANALYSIS OF PLOT, FORM, AND VIEWPOINT WERE PRESENTED. EXPLANATIONS, STUDY QUESTIONS, AND SUGGESTED…