To evaluate the writing abilities of American students, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) asked nationally representative samples of fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders--approximately 20,000 students in all--to perform a variety of informative, persuasive, and narrative writing tasks. In addition, students were asked about the…

A great number of misconceptions in diverse subject areas as well as across age levels have been documented and described. Photosynthesis is one of the more intensively studied areas in biology. The purpose of this research was to carefully select and define misconceptions about photosynthesis needing remedial efforts. To achieve this, a specially…

A study examined the effects of career guidance and counseling on intermediate outcomes measured while respondents remained in high school and on employment and educational outcomes measured after respondents left high school. Data from the 1980 sophomore and senior cohorts of the High School and Beyond database were subjected to multivariate…

This document, developed by the Illinois State Board of Education, identifies five goals for learning in the social sciences, and provides sample learning objectives for grades 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, which are consistent with these goals. The state goals for learning are broadly stated expressions of what the Illinois State Board of Education wants and…

This publication contains the Applied Mathematics Curriculum (Carpentry) for grades 11 and 12 for the Cincinnati (Ohio) Public Schools. The curriculum is part of a larger program (the Applied Academics Program), which emphasizes the integration of mathematics and the language arts with vocational content. Included in the document is a description…

A longitudinal study of advanced senior high students' writing abilities indicates that, over a three-year period, students exhibit significantly improved writing skills. Follow a continuous program of writing enhancement, graduating seniors exit the system with reasonable or better than reasonable skills in essay organization, sentence formation,…

This is a part of the Manitoba Mathematics Assessment Program 1987. Actual testing material and the manual for grade 12 are provided. The test (38 items) requires 75 minutes to be taken. Part A (30 items) has core items for every student and Part B has optional items on which students write only two sections (8 items) from those designated by the…

This is a part of the Manitoba Mathematics Assessment Program 1987. Actual testing material and the manual for grade 12 are provided. The test (39 items) requires 90 minutes to be taken. Part A (31 items) has core items for every student and Part B has optional items on which students write only two sections (8 items) from those designated by the…

Two case studies of language use in bilingual classrooms are presented. The first case study focuses on the functions of the teacher's speech in a twelfth grade civics class. One 50-minute lesson was recorded and transcribed. The two classroom languages, English and Spanish, were coded according to their use for information, elicitation,…

The Social Studies Assessment Program was a province-wide assessment of Social Studies concepts, skills, and attitudes in grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 in Manitoba (Canada) carried out during April, 1984. Designed to provide a profile of student performance on program objectives, the test was administered to a representative sample of students at each…

A study was conducted to examine the effects of students' interests on their writing. A group of 571 high school seniors, fluent and nonfluent in writing, completed a questionnaire dealing with aspects of writing interest, such as subject, form, or voice. Tape recorded interviews addressing the same aspects were conducted with 11 fluent seniors…

This publication was developed as an aid for industrial cooperative training coordinators in the teaching of general related topics for 11th and 12th grade cooperative programs. Major emphasis is on innovative types of materials which can be used to stimulate the type of students who have difficulty in adjusting to traditional teaching materials…

This study examines the cultural deprivation theory of scholastic performance among black children. The hypothesis of the study focuses upon family based determinants to explain variation in academic performance. The report also discusses arguments which indicate that the cultural deprivation theory is responsible for the lack of black children's…

Part of a sequential K-12 program, this teacher's guide provides objectives and activities for teaching social studies in grades 11 and 12. The document contains five major sections which correspond to the skill or concept being covered: learning, inquiry, and discussion skills, concepts, and values and moral reasoning. Learning skills include…

THIS LANGUAGE UNIT ON USAGE FOR 12TH-GRADE STUDENTS IS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS--"INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDENTS,""USAGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASS,""VARIATIONS WITHIN STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH,""BASES FOR JUDGMENTS ABOUT USAGE," AND "CHARACTERISTICS OF A MATURE ATTITUDE TOWARD USAGE." FOUR…