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Caplinger, Robert T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of a middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule would increase eighth-grade students' reading scores, as measured by the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS). A 90-minute middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule served as the independent variable and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling
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Hong, Zuway R.; Lin, Huann-Shyang; Lawrenz, Frances P. – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
The goal of this study was to test the effectiveness of integrating science and societal implication on adolescents' positive thinking and emotional perceptions about learning science. Twenty-five eighth-grade Taiwanese adolescents (9 boys and 16 girls) volunteered to participate in a 12-week intervention and formed the experimental group.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Intervention, Adolescents, Experimental Groups