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Download full textOregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1985
In the spring of 1985, the Oregon Department of Education conducted an assessment of eighth graders' writing skills. It was the first statewide assessment to be scored analytically according to six traits: ideas and content, organization and development, style, word choice, syntax/sentence structure, and conventions (grammar, punctuation,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 8, Junior High School Students
Peer reviewedDe Gaston, Jacqueline F.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1994
Reports a study that evaluated teacher influence and impact in a middle school abstinence sex education program, noting pre-post change, teacher differences, and student differences. Surveys indicated abstinence sex education programs can produce positive outcomes that are significantly influenced by the teacher's own philosophy and commitment to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Health Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1985
In the spring of 1985, the Oregon Department of Education conducted an assessment of eighth graders' skills in writing, reading, and mathematics. The state reading test consisted of two parts: the first designed to measure students' inferential and evaluative reading comprehension and selected study skills, the second designed to measure students'…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Grade 8, Inferences, Junior High School Students
Higgins, Karen M. – 1993
This study investigated the effects of Oregon's Lane County "Problem Solving in Mathematics" (PSM) materials on middle-school students' attitudes, beliefs, and abilities in problem solving and mathematics. The instructional approach advocated in PSM includes: the direct teaching of five problem-solving skills, weekly challenge problems,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Discovery Learning, Elementary School Students, Heuristics
Simmons, Deborah C.; And Others – 1993
A study examined the effects of an integrated reading/writing curriculum on the narrative writing of students in general education eighth-grade classrooms. Subjects, 93 students (including 10 with learning disabilities) from middle to upper-middle socioeconomic backgrounds at a suburban middle school in western Oregon, were administered narrative…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness, Integrated Curriculum
Kirkpatrick, Corky – 1973
This short, narrative pamphlet accompanies the appropriate grade level curriculum guide. (BP)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Environment, Grade 7, Instructional Materials
Southers, Chris – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1988
Discusses middle school home economics and the lack of adequate support services, the importance of the middle school curriculum to the field of home economics, its importance in meeting the needs of early adolescents, and the philosophy base for development of a curriculum. (JOW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy
Kirkpatrick, Corky – 1973
This short, narrative pamphlet on the roles of engineers in environmental quality control accompanies the appropriate grade level curriculum guide. (BP)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Engineers, Environment, Grade 7
KITZHABER, ALBERT – 1965
A REFERENCE MANUAL ON GRAMMAR USAGE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENT USE IN SEVENTH- AND EIGHTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUMS. THE MANUAL WAS CONCERNED WITH APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMMAR USAGE ITEMS WHICH COULD BE PROFITABLY TREATED IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES. AN ACCOMPANYING MANUAL WAS PREPARED FOR USE BY TEACHERS (ED 010 160). (WN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, Grade 7, Grade 8
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1989
This report reviews and analyzes the results of the third statewide analytical writing assessment of Oregon eighth graders. Following an introduction, the report is in five chapters: (1) The Oregon Writing Assessment Interpretive Panel: Comments and Recommendations; (2) Strengths and Weaknesses in Student Writing--A Trait-by-Trait Analysis (giving…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Oregon State Board of Education, Salem. – 1972
The Tigard School District, Oregon has designated two schools as models in a long-range career education plan which includes developing programs and processes for career awareness at the elementary level and career exploration at the junior high school level. A team selected by the Oregon Board of Education carried out a formative assessment…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Educational Assessment
KITZHABER, ALBERT – 1965
A HANDBOOK WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHER USE IN SEVENTH- AND EIGHTH-GRADE RHETORIC CURRICULUMS. THE HANDBOOK CONTAINED DISCUSSIONS ON--(1) EFFECTIVE AND CONFIDENT SPEAKING, (2) OPPORTUNITIES, ASSUMPTIONS, AND SPEECH ASSIGNMENTS, (3) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SPEECH ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND (4) STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR CRITICIZING SPEECHES GIVEN BY…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, Grade 7, Grade 8
Oregon City School District, OR. – 1974
The document is comprised of (1) a series of reports evaluating a SUTOE (Self Understanding Through Occupational Exploration) career education pilot project conducted in an Oregon City (Oregon) junior high school and (2) sample curriculum guides from that project. A brief project overview, emphasizing the interdisciplinary, team approach employed,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Guides, Integrated Curriculum
PIELE, PHILIP – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT LISTS FIVE BOOKS, ONE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 35 JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND 21 REPORTS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. (HM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Schools, Instructional Program Divisions, Intermediate Grades
KITZHABER, ALBERT – 1965
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER WAS REPORTED. INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCTION WERE THREE ESSAYS DESCRIBING LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND RHETORIC CURRICULUMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. THE ESSAYS WERE PREPARED FOR PROFESSIONAL READERS AND DESCRIBE COURSES OF STUDY BEING DEVELOPED. PRIMARY EMPHASIS WAS ON THE DESCRIPTION OF…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, English Curriculum
