A study was conducted to examine young children's ideas about a psychology study in which they had participated, and to assess their perceptions about the voluntary nature of their participation. Subjects were 28 third-grade students and 28 fifth-grade students. Findings indicated that while no significant grade level differences existed in…

This study examines in detail a sample of widely used teacher guides in order to describe a picture of instruction as it is represented in these guides and to compare it with classroom practices. Mathematics and social studies were selected as the subject areas because of observed differences in classroom practices. Six questions guided the…

Although recent survey findings have indicated a decrease in the percentage of teenage smokers, cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. A social learning smoking prevention intervention, consisting of four sessions which occurred at 2-week intervals, was conducted with fifth and…

A study involving 14 regular classroom student science teachers assigned to Grades 3, 4, and 5 and the public school students in each of the classes was undertaken to assess the relationship between student achievement and teacher performance ratings. The student teachers were all female and were seniors in a four-year undergraduate teacher…

A nonequivalent control group design study, with a math unit on ratio and proportion as the treatment, was conducted to examine the validity of some written tasks as a measure of formal reasoning. Subjects in the study were 68 fifth grade students who enrolled in two classes in a small urban school. The experimental group learned a 12-lesson math…

This document is the answer key for level 5 of the teacher-developed mathematics curriculum for New York City schools. Over 250 performance objectives are listed, with reference to the appropriate worksheet(s) for each. The answers are typed in the appropriate space on each sheet; when varied answers are possible, this is noted. (MNS)

This practicum addressed the problem of decreased participation of fifth-grade students in the science fair. At this grade level, the science fair guidelines mandate that students enter a research-type project. For many fifth-grade students the desire to tackle this monumental task does not match their developing cognitive skills. The literature…

An abuse prevention program was presented in five elementary schools by an organization called Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect (WE CAN). Subjects (N=612) were elementary school students in grades four and five. The prevention program included the film "No More Secrets," question and answer sessions, role plays, and opportunities for…

This paper describes a research and development project in teaching designed to examine whether and how it might be possible to bring the meaning of knowing mathematics in school closer to what it means to know mathematics within the descipline by deliberately altering the roles and responsibilities of teacher and students in classroom discourse.…

This paper describes the use of LOGOWriter with fifth grade boys as a means of developing programming procedures for computer games that they could use to simulate motion with acceleration, as well as techniques for controlling the direction of motion. The kinds of programs developed, student responses to this work, observations about teaching…

This publication presents the background, support documents, and the accompanying 16 units needed to teach electricity and magnetism to fifth grade students. Included are materials lists, a discussion of the use of process skill terminology, a list of unit objectives, a vocabulary list, background information for teachers, and the 16 units. Topics…

This document is part 2 of the workbook for grade 5 pupils in the Comprehensive Instructional Management System, a unified mathematics curriculum for kindergarten through grade 7. Each objective is developed by a variety of strategies, with mastery of objectives diagnosed through a testing component. The activities in the student workbook are…

The Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP) is a program of CEMREL, Inc., one of the national educational laboratories, and was funded by the National Institute of Education (NIE). Its major purpose is the development of curriculum materials for grades kindergarten through 6. This volume describes non-test data collected in spring 1980…

The focus of this dissertation was to develop a model instructional unit to teach story problem-solving skills to fourth- and fifth-grade pupils and to determine the model's effectiveness. Subjects were randomly selected pupils in the Long Beach Unified School District. The model unit consisted of a sequenced continuum of instructional objectives…

The Hispanic literature of the American southwest contains valuable materials for the Spanish elementary classroom, leading to positive cultural analysis and enlightening the learners about cultural and historical events of the second language community. The story entitled "El camello que se perdio" ("The Camel Who Got Lost")…