The instability of aptitude-learning relations over time is examined. Four tenth grade classes were taught an imaginary science for four days. Achievement and aptitude measures were obtained. Results indicated aptitude-achievement instability over time, as exhibited in different aptitudes being required at different points during instruction.…

Exploring a technique for acquiring qualitative data from standardized instruments and using them in formative evaluation of new cirricula, this article discusses assets and limitations of the qualitative analysis technique as applied to a grade 10 science course. (JC)

Briefly describes a program used in the Hazelwood School District in Missouri. (JM)

Explores the reading-related perspectives of participants in a 10th-grade global studies class. States that the study was conducted according to the qualitative research tradition associated with symbolic interactionism. Finds that opinions of success differed between student and teacher: students felt success meant a good grade, and teachers felt…

Investigated relationship of career goal and self-esteem among 221 high school sophomores and juniors. Students completed Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; teachers rated students' self-esteem using Self-Esteem Rating Scale for Children. Found that, on both instruments, adolescents with some career goals had significantly higher self-esteem than did…

Examined self-concept and academic achievement among 229 tenth-grade students. Results revealed that global self-concept and self-concept of academic ability correlated positively with academic achievement, but the relationship between self-concept of academic ability and academic achievement correlated more strongly than the relationship between…

Attention to client beliefs in career counseling can add unique information about the client independent of that contributed by aptitude and interest. The Career Beliefs Inventory was administered to Australian 10th-grade students along with measures of interest themes and scholastic aptitudes. Beliefs made a contribution distinct from that…

A survey of 181 tenth graders in New York high schools revealed that they were most uncertain of their ability to refuse sex under pressure or after using alcohol/drugs and to purchase condoms and use them consistently. Students with lower self-efficacy were twice as likely to have had sex and five times less likely to have used condoms…

A study of 1,176 Taiwanese 10th graders showed that they tend to perceive their learning environments as less constructivist than they preferred. Those with more constructivist than empiricist beliefs about science felt that environments did not provide sufficient opportunities for social negotiation, integration of prior knowledge, and meaningful…

Assessed the health knowledge of predominantly Mexican American adolescents, noting gender differences. Surveys examining 11 health knowledge categories indicated that, in all but one category, students answered less than half of the questions correctly. Students knew the most about nutrition and the least about communicable diseases. There were…

Describes the development and application of a two-tier multiple choice diagnostic instrument to assess high school students' understanding of inorganic chemistry qualitative analysis. Shows that the Grade 10 students had difficulty understanding the reactions involved in the identification of cations and anions, for example, double decomposition…

Used data from the first followup of the National Education Longitudinal Study to examine predictors of school-based sports participation during 10th grade. Sports participation during adolescence related to gender, coming from a high socioeconomic status background, engaging in other outdoor activities, admiring an athlete, self-perception of…

Data from 245 male and 257 female adolescents who reported occupational aspirations and expectations in grades 8, 9, and 10 indicated that those who had significant aspiration-expectation discrepancies in one grade made significant changes in aspiration the following year. To the extent the changes were toward more realistic or accessible…

The process of construction of meanings for the concepts of concentration and neutralization is explored in terms of "contextualizing practices" (Lemke, 1990, "Talking Science. Language, Learning and Values," Norwood, NJ: Ablex) creation of meanings through connections established among actions and their context. This notion is expanded to include…

This study examined the relationship between spiritual identity and ego identity among religiously observant adolescents in Israel. Seventy-eight religious tenth graders studying in yeshivot (boys) and ulpanot (girls) were tested. The Ego Identity Scale for Adolescents and a Questionnaire of Religious Beliefs were administered to them. Throughout…