This study explored the effect of short and focused mathematical instruction provided in chemistry course on student chemistry achievement in New York City Title I high school. This study followed quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design and was guided by the following research questions: 1) What is the effect of short mathematics…

This commentary paper focuses upon the loss of respect for Earth Sciences on the part of many school districts across the United States. Too many Earth Science teachers are uncertified to teach Earth Science, or hold certificates to teach the subject merely because they took a test. The Earth Sciences have faced this problem for many years…

To design a series of assessments that could be used to compare the learning gains of high school students studying the cardiopulmonary system using traditional methods to those who used a collaborative computer simulation, called "Mr. Vetro". Five teachers and 264 HS biology students participated in the study. The students were in…

This article reports on an analysis of alignment between NY state core curricula and NY Regents tests in physics and chemistry. Both the curriculum and test were represented by a two dimensional table consisting of topics and cognitive demands. The cell values of the table were numbers of major understandings in the curriculum and points of test…

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to determine whether team teaching or conventional instruction produced greater achievement in high school biology. Subjects involved 17 teachers in 6 teams and tenth grade students enrolled in the New York Regents biology courses at 6 schools in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.…

HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY UNIT TESTS AND A PRETEST DESIGNED TO PREDICT STUDENT SUCCESS ON A STATE CHEMISTRY EXAMINATION WERE CONSTRUCTED. HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AND UNIVERSITY SCIENCE EDUCATORS USED BLOOM'S TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES TO CLASSIFY TEST QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY INVOLVED RECALL, COMPREHENSION, APPLICATION,…

Describes historical and present day aspects of the New York Regents Examination, its history, preparation, and presentation. (SL)

Discusses student errors occurring on the New York Regents Examinations given over the last ten years. (SL)

Seventeen teachers and a university research team cooperated to compare the effects of team teaching and conventional instruction in biology on student achievement in six high schools in the Rochester, New York, area between 1964 and 1968. Student achievement was measured by the New York State Regents examination in biology, five locally developed…

Seventeen teachers and a university research team cooperated to compare the effects of team teaching and conventional instruction in biology on student achievement in six high schools in the Rochester, New York, area between 1964 and 1968. Student achievement was measured by the New York State Regents examination in biology, five locally developed…

The investigator of this study, using a sample that included 382 boys from the City of New York, 366 girls from the City, and 379 boys and 368 girls from the suburban areas of the county of Westchester, attempted to ascertain the operational, cognitive objectives of the two biology achievement instruments. The method used to analyze objectives was…

THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CORRELATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELECTED APTITUDE AND INTEREST MEASURES AND CHEMISTRY ACHIEVEMENT. THE INVESTIGATION ALSO WAS CONCERNED WITH THE STABILITY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS FOR TWO INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS AND FOR MALES AND FEMALES. SELECTED APTITUDE AND INTEREST MEASURES WERE STUDIED IN…