Even though the importance of extensive reading practice is well documented, as are students' changing leisure-time reading habits, knowledge of how much students read at school is still limited. Therefore, this study investigates how many pages of continuous text, nonfiction as well as fiction, students in middle (Grades 4-6) and lower secondary…

Negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE) represent people's beliefs that they can use behaviors and cognitions to alleviate unpleasant emotional states. The relationship between NMRE and measures of affect, coping, depression, and anxiety with youth in Grades 4 through 8 (N = 539) was examined. In hierarchical regressions, scores on an NMRE…

This study examines the use of polling students to improve conditions of learning in their school. Students from three schools (N = 2,006) in Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 completed an online poll about how cyberbullying affects their personal lives. Principals' impressions about the benefits of student polling are explained along with the Cyberbullying…

Placed within the context of rural teaching and learning and the use of new technologies, this paper presents a comparative study of three technological approaches to the presentation of curriculum in schools. Supported by three different research projects in one Canadian province, it highlights three areas of e-learning: the use of video…

Evaluation forms used to determine the skills and knowledge as well as behavior patterns of students in Jordan Junior High School and Marshall-University High School, both in Minneapolis, are provided. (For related document, see TM 003 251.) (DB)

Argues for career education courses in the late elementary and junior high years with special emphasis on career planning for girls who will face a special challenge in the job market. (RB)

Studied how Swedish schools try to promote students' reading through examination of school-run booktalk conversations held by students in grades 4 through 7. Observations of eight groups show the conflict between the stated aim of promoting reading for pleasure and both tasks presented to students and problems in synchronizing the reading of…

Under an ESEA/Title III Planning Grant, a survey of 11,311 students in grades 4 through 7 in 12 rural central Georgia school systems was undertaken to identify reading disability. Results indicated that approximately one-fourth of these students was reading more than 1 years below their expectancy levels as determined by a recognized formula. An…

Administered Suicide Opinion Questionnaire to 116 junior high school students. Content analysis yielded nine clusters of items. Results reflect complexity of attitudes toward suicide, a heterogeneity of responses, as well as substantial commonality. Approximately 20 percent of respondents reported seriously thinking about suicide; somewhat higher…

Students in the Portland, Oregon, public schools who achieve the state standards for grade 10 receive a Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM) to document their achievement. Students who do not meet the standards may continue to be tested throughout their high school years, but they may receive a diploma without achieving a CIM. To offer additional…

Examined the effects of mothers' negative junior high school experiences on their childrens' junior high school experiences. Mothers first tested in 1971 were subsequently interviewed in the 1990s, along with their children. Results revealed a significant relationship between mothers' negative school experiences and those of their children, which…

This module presents a curriculum on violence prevention for middle school students. It begins with a discussion of what violence is. The second lesson helps students to examine the portrayal of violence in various media. In the third lesson, students examine their own anger and their own tendencies toward violence. The fourth lesson examines the…

This paper focuses on ways to enhance the study skills of students in the middle grades, and describes the use of study guides, textbook activity guides (TAGs), and the Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review (SQ3R) technique of textbook study. Research on the use of the techniques is reported. It is concluded that the proper use of study guides…

Measures of psycholinguistic and reading abilities of 25 educable mentally handicapped (EMR) good readers and 25 EMR poor readers in the intermediate and junior high school special education classes were compared with one way analyses of covariance, using chronological age, mental age, and IQ as covariates. In comparison, the good reader grouped…

This book is a 10-lesson module for grades 5-8, designed to increase students' awareness of self-esteem as a dynamic, ever-changing component in their lives. Beginning with a "Full Esteem Ahead" lesson to help students identify high and low self-esteem behaviors, this module gives teachers specific instructional strategies for guiding students…