This study has three purposes: (1) to determine if there were differences in the readability levels of the content-oriented textbooks and the reading levels of students in grades 10, 11, and 12; (2) to determine the percentage of students in each grade for whom the textbooks were too difficult; and (3) to determine the cost of those textbooks…

The responses to a 40-item multiple choice questionnaire by a nationally representative group of over 1000 twelfth-grade boys and girls, who had been rated either superior or average in writing performance, were analyzed to determine the effects of student attitudes and approaches toward composition and to identify the effects of certain teaching…

To provide empirical data from which inferences could be made about the definition of critical reading and also the relationship between critical reading and critical thinking were the main objectives of this study. The Reading Comprehension Test; the Test of Critical Thinking, Form G; the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, Form A; and the Lorge-Thorndike…

Psychometric characteristics and factor structure of the Reading Comprehension Test (CR) and the Test of Critical Thinking, Form G (CT) were studied in an effort to determine basic dimensions of critical reading and critical thinking and to discover the relationship between these two. The two tests were administered to 57 Florida high-school…

The purpose of this study was to acquire baseline data about students' environmental knowledge and attitudes and to study the relationships of attitudes and knowledge to variables that would be of interest in evaluative measures. Three forms of an inventory were developed to test knowledge of specific facts and general concepts of the environment,…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes the philosophy and goals of reading instruction, organization and methods, schedule, class record sheet, group informal inventories, basic principles, guided reading lessons, secondary individual developmental reading…

"Ecology and Human Values" is an interdisciplinary course designed for senior year high school students in social studies and/or science. Its main thrust is the investigation of human values as they relate to the environment, although rooted in the natural sciences as a means of understanding the complexities inherent in the environment. Use is…

An extensive review of literature on trends in the consumption of tobacco; concern regarding tobacco and health; the relationships between smoking and lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and coronary heart disease; effect of smoking on human tissues; chemistry of tobacco smoke; and the smoking habits of students precedes discussion of an…

This study investigated and compared equal numbers of respondent and nonrespondent Florida 12th graders to a post-high schools plans questionnaire by selected factors related to these two groups of students. Following introductory material, Chapter II presents a review of the literature and research that is appropriate to questionnaire respondents…

In grades 8, 10, and 12, 464 subjects were tested on each of the four basic principles of conditional reasoning with (1) Four Card problem tasks and (2) a paper-and-pencil instrument. It was shown that the two assessment procedures lack concurrent validity. (Author/MN)

Discusses the pros and cons of instituting honors courses in the study of foreign languages begun at the upper level (Grades 11-13). (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Uses students' responses to poetry as a tool for developing writing skills and literature appreciation. Matches literature materials to students' levels of experience. (RL)

Presents the results of a major survey (n=14,051) of secondary students' sense of Canadian identity, pride, unity, and purpose. The survey covered all ten provinces and the two territories. Results showed students throughout Canada share similar perceptions of a myriad of issues and concerns, demonstrating that Canadian studies courses were…

Investigated the influence of gender, ability, and grade level on the political attitudes of ninth and twelfth grade students. Among the conclusions were that low ability subjects are less likely to support fundamental freedoms and that females have greater respect for law and law officials. (GEA)

Three administrations of two forms of a biology achievement test were conducted with high school sophomores and seniors. The 58 common items between the two tests were used for score equating purposes. (TJH)