The concept of subject-matter directed motivation, measured by means of questionnaires, proves useful for evaluation, though it covers and emphasizes only one aspect of those modes of behavior which are regarded as motivated. (Author/DEP)

Reveals that the cloze and comprehension test scores correlated at significant levels, thus supporting the predictive validity of the cloze procedure. (RB)

This case study documents the changes one urban secondary school English teacher made to improve the quality of her students' educational experiences, noting the impact of her school's participation in the Coalition of Essential Schools. The first section describes her transition from being a good conventional teacher to being a teacher-as-coach,…

This study examined the performance of Oregon University System (OUS) students on 10th grade benchmark standards and subsequent performance in their first year of college. Participants, identified using 1999-00 state data from the Oregon Department of Education, included students who participated in state assessment while in high school and…

The objectives of this project were to construct two sets of balanced repeated replication (BRR) weights for two National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) sets of weights: one based on the third follow-up survey done in 1994 (NELS88:94); and the second based on the fourth follow-up survey done in 2000 (NELS88:2000). These weights are…

The Academic Support Services Program (ASSP) provides funds to Massachusetts school districts to develop or enhance academic support for students in second through tenth grade who performed poorly on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) or on other standardized assessment measures. In 1999, the Massachusetts Education Reform…

Step by step descriptions are given of curricular development by a team of Asian specialists, high school teachers, and education consultants. A humanist oriented unit of materials on China is developed, and a communications break-through between university specialists and secondary school generalists is achieved. (JH)

Evaluation to determine if identical illustrations used in learning and testing situations are equally effective for boys and girls of the same grade level. Subjects were members of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. (AJ)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusion of a study designed to determine if (1) a teacher using perceptual field learning theory can exert effective influences on slow learners toward a significant self adjustment and (2) the slow learners can learn as much biology as students taught by conventional methods. Subjects were 52 slow learners…

Relates a teacher's experience in teaching technical writing to gifted tenth grade students. Applies this teaching experience to a discussion of the place of technically oriented writing in college writing courses. (RL)

It is concluded that the Occupational Aspiration Scale is a usable instrument for measuring the occupational aspirations of high-school age youth, but that a program of measurement research is needed before one can be confident in a highly accurate measurement of youth's occupational aspirations. (Author/BR)

Describes a teaching scheme for introducing quantitative aspects of chemistry to tenth-grade students. A comparison of students using this method with students in a conventional course showed no significant differences in achievement but greater interest and understanding of concepts for the experimental group. (JN)