This study was designed to determine the accuracy with which high school students estimate their cognitive abilities as measured by the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). In addition, the study was designed to determine whether participation in vocational counseling activities through the ASVAB program or through Florida…

The Issues and Values Project was designed as a pilot program to develop and implement a law-related education curriculum for New York City (New York) private and public school 12th grade students. This booklet describes the curriculum project's: (1) purpose, background, objectives, and evaluation; (2) program implementation; and (3) student…

The curriculum guide for Alberta's three-year French language program, which spans grades 10 through 12 and is intended for jurisdictions able to offer only the minimum language program, includes the following components: a set of objectives reflecting the province's goals of basic education and a rationale to support the inclusion of French in a…

This curriculum for the training of students in grades 11 and 12 is intended to provide a program of instruction in the operation and maintenance of heavy equipment for construction work and farms. It is also suitable for the training of adult learners interested in upgrading their skills or improving their opportunities to enter this labor…

The reading recall protocols of 24 tenth grade and 24 twelfth grade students were used in a study that investigated the relationship of average reading ability and high school grade placement to recall of expository text with adversative and attributive structures. Two test passages were written in an adversative structure with contrasting…

Student activity pages, teacher background information, and lesson ideas for teaching about law in social studies classrooms are presented. Lessons in this unit further develop ideas presented in the eighth grade packet and can be used to supplement a course in government. Section I provides suggestions for using community resource persons.…

The standards-based reform movement in education that began in the 1980s has evolved. In the 1990s, the focus was on producing subject-area content standards and modifying instruction. Today, the focus has shifted to assessment, and for technology education, demonstrating the impact on children and the efficacy of the discipline within general…

Prepared as part of a project designed to provide an objectively measured indication of the quality of student writing in one school district, this paper examines argumentative and narrative essays written by students at the fifth, eighth, and twelfth grade levels. The first section of the paper discusses the primary analysis of student writing…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether high school seniors (N=492) had attained each of five selected earth science concepts and if said attainment was influenced by the number of science courses completed. A 72-item, multiple-choice format test (12 items for each concept) was developed and piloted previous to this study to measure…

Mitchell High School's Senior Seminar is a 5-credit interdisciplinary and experiential intensive learning program offered for one semester during a student's senior year. During that time the student takes no other coursework; he focuses on single subjects in learning blocks that may extend from two to four weeks. Program goals center on learning…

The second British Columbia (B.C.) Reading Assessment was conducted in the spring of 1980 to evaluate the reading skills of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. The four areas of reading achievement measured were word attack, word meaning, passage comprehension, and applied reading/study skills. A panel of evaluators included educators and…

Inability to relate classroom experiences to the real world in the community was greatly impeding the learning process for some students. Other students were eager to gain career experiences in the community, yet were unable to do so because of an inflexible school schedule. In an effort to offer these students more relevant learning experiences,…

THE PROGRAM INVOLVED (1) THE 6-WEEK ENROLLMENT OF 222 HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR STUDENTS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY COLLEGE GROUP GUIDANCE TYPE COURSES AND IN EXPLORATORY ORIENTATION COURSES IN TECHNICAL CURRICULUMS, AND (2) A COUNSELOR'S WORKSHOP TO ACQUAINT 29 TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE TECHNICAL OFFERINGS OF THE COLLEGE AND…

This unit for grade 12 is intended to provide an introduction to the criticism of persuasive discourse. After a brief discussion of the definition of criticism, the unit proceeds to the establishment of standards for evaluating persuasive discourse, standards involving Kenneth Burke's pentad: act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose. The unit then…

The counselor directed guidance component for grades 10 through 12 was designed in conjunction with the California State Guidance Model. The material is arranged under the following chapters: appreciation and attitudes, self-awareness, decision making, educational awareness, career awareness, economic awareness, skill awareness, beginning…