GRADES OR AGES: Grade 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; world political problems. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The major portion of the guide is divided into three subunits of parallel format. All sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES/ No objectives are…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Social Studies; world economic problems. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The major portion of the guide is divided into seven subunits of parallel format. All sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: No objectives are…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11 and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Electrical technology. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in two volumes. The first volume gives a brief outline of the course, breaking it down into divisions, units, and subunits. The second volume gives a detailed description of each subunit in a seven-column layout across two…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11 and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Mechanical technology. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in two volumes. The first volume gives a brief outline of the course, breaking it down into divisions, units, and subunits. The second volume gives a detailed descriptin of each subunit in a seven-column layout across two…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11 and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: English for the academically handicapped. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide contains several introductory chapters. The central part of the guide which outlines the curriculum is broken down into four sections--composition, language, literature, and mass media. The guide is xeroxed…

The author presents material suitable for use by teachers of gifted students in the junior or senior year of high school. The mathematics presented includes mathematical induction, the binomial expansion, number theory and Pascal's triangle. The author weaves much of the history of mathematics into the materials. Included are student tests and…

This document consists of test questions used in three state high schools teaching the new Matriculation pure mathematics course (approximately grade 12). This material was circulated to all schools teaching this course as a teacher resource. The questions are arranged in 14 papers of varying structure and length. Most questions are of the essay…

This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the twelfth-grade level is presented in two sections. The first section, "Language," includes: "Introductory Statement,""Course Outline,""Composition/Language Chart,""Oral English," and "Dictionary." The second section,…

This article shares the author's personal views about current macroeconomic policy and what ought to be taught at senior high school or freshman college levels. Concludes that Keynesian economics is not dead, but that modern eclectic macroeconomics must focus on basic data about the economy and what is at stake in making decisions based on…

This paper reports the case of a form six (grade 12) Hong Kong student's exploration of graph sketching in a computational environment. In particular, the student summarized his discovery in the form of two empirical laws. The student was interviewed and the interviewed data were used to map out a possible path of his visual reasoning. Critical…

The authors present an enrichment topic appropriate for use in grade 12. A mathematical system is defined using integer 3-tuples and it is shown that this system is a field isomorphic to the rational numbers. The unit is useful for illustrating the abstract nature of mathematics. (CT)

Discusses Janet Emig's experiences with sexism in academe in the 1950s and 1960s and her composing process theory in the 1960s. Addresses pedagogical implications of her composing theory, cognitive development as a factor in composition pedagogy, and publication of the monograph. Discusses criticism of the monograph, and suggests that it…

Examined the organizational health of a typical set of high schools in Ohio, focusing on the influence of organizational health on mathematics proficiency as defined by the percentage of twelfth-grade students who passed the Ohio Proficiency Examination in Mathematics. (EV)