This study compared the achievement scores for students receiving traditional spelling instruction to achievement scores earned with computer aided instruction. Similarly, attitude measures were compared for the same subjects. Fourth- and fifth-grade pupils received traditional spelling instruction for five weeks. For the next five weeks, students…

To encourage the interest in research and statistics of students in grades five and six in a rural school in Arkansas, the researcher and the elementary school principal investigated areas in which the students could participate in decision-making. Several possibilities emerged: quality of a good teacher, school awards and honors, school rules,…

This guide is designed to assist fifth and sixth grade teachers who are basically following the New York State curricula. While an effort has been made to include ideas for teaching every concept found in the state's outline, additional concepts have been included for the benefit of those who might go beyond the outline, and for teachers in other…

This report analyzes the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of a random national sample of 3,087 fifth and sixth grade students from 15,787 respondents to a Wildlife Survey distributed in "Weekly Reader" periodicals. The questionnaire examined the prevalence of four basic orientations toward wildlife (humanistic, moralistic, naturalistic,…

This document presents results of a research study designed to determine teachers' levels-of-use of two selected curriculum guides, "The Program and the Six-Year Old" and "Social and Environmental Studies (Grades 5-6)." The study also addressed the validity of using a teacher self-report procedure in assessing levels-of-use.…

The main thrust of the Oklahoma City career awareness component is directed at fifth grade students, with major emphasis centering on a locally- produced, weekly television show. The project has drawn positive teacher and student response. (Author/JB)

THE PEER-CONFORMING BEHAVIOR OF HIGH CREATIVE FIFTH-GRADE PUPILS GROUPS DEVIATED LEAST WITH NEUTRALS. INFORMATION SCORES SHOWED CONTROLLED, SMALL-GROUP SITUATION, IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE NATURE OF THE TASK PRESENTED, THE SOCIOMETRIC COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP, AND ANY INTERACTION OF THESE VARIABLES. SUBJECTS OF THE STUDY WERE FIFTH-GRADE PUPILS IN A…

THREE FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES OF ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED NEGRO CHILDREN, EQUATED ON INTELLIGENCE AND READING ACHIEVEMENT, PARTICIPATED IN A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF VARYING AMOUNTS AND TYPES OF RACIAL CUEING ON AFFECTIVE SETS TOWARD THE PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST IN A CLOZE TYPE READING SELECTION. ALL THREE CLASSES READ THE SELECTION, BUT CLASS A WAS…

WESTERN CAROLINA COLLEGE HAS, SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1958, PROVIDED A SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR HIGHLY GIFTED CHILDREN (IQ SCORES 146 TO 210) IN THE 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH GRADES. THE STUDENTS LIVED IN THE COLLEGE DORMITORIES WITH ADEQUATE SUPERVISION. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED SUPERVISED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SIMILAR TO A SUMMER CAMP'S. MANY FIELD TRIPS AND…

USING THREE FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES IN RACINE, WISCONSIN, AS AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND THREE FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES AS A CONTROL GROUP, CONFORMITY TO GROUP PRESSURE WAS COMPARED FOR 76 SUBJECTS RECEIVING A FOUR-WEEK PROGRAM OF CREATIVITY TRAINING AND FOR 88 MATCHED CONTROLS. EFFECT OF CREATIVITY TRAINING ON CONFORMITY WAS QUITE SPECIFIC, WITH CONFORMITY…

PREPARED UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT STUDY, THIS TRIAL EDITION OF A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR A UNIT ON ENERGY IS INTENDED FOR USE AT THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE LEVELS. THE UNIT IS DESIGNED ESSENTIALLY AROUND PUPIL-CENTERED ACTIVITIES WHICH REQUIRE BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS. THE ACTIVITIES IN PART I OF…

This study was concerned with the development and standardization of a test that would measure achievement in modern mathematics in grades four, five, and six. For this study, a survey of the state departments of the 50 states was conducted to determine which series of mathematics testbooks (4-6) were listed on their adopted textbook lists. A test…