This article analyses the film "Mean girls" (2004) as a window on popular notions of the moral life of American high schools, which straddles Kohlberg's Stage 2 and 3. The film presents loyalty to peer group cliques as a key value, even as it offers an individualist, relativist critique of that loyalty. Gossip is the main transgression in this…

This article describes the development and two studies on the construct validity of the Academic Emotions Scale (AES). The AES is a French self-report questionnaire assessing six emotions in the context of school learning: enjoyment, hope, pride, anxiety, shame and frustration. Its construct validity was studied through exploratory and…

This guide has been developed as a resource to be used by and with youth in grades 9-12 and beyond. It will help them consider the following questions: What am I good at? How do I know my options? Should I take a year off or apply for some post-secondary program? Structured around the newly designed High School Students tab on the Alberta Learning…

In the light of the uncertainty surrounding the new National Senior Certificate that was written in South African schools for the first time in 2008, this article aims to examine the new Grade 12 National Senior Certificate results quantitatively in the context of the Grade 11 application score for entry into higher education and the Grade 12…

The December 2008 release of China's new "Guidelines for health education in primary and secondary schools" by the Ministry of Education addressed many of the concerns arising from the academic and popular discourse on Chinese adolescent sexuality and sexuality education. The focus of this reform, common with similar reforms elsewhere in…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11, 12, and 13. SUBJECT MATTER: Geography. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one for each grade. World geography is presented in two parts--grades 11 and 12--and Canadian geography is studied in grade 13. Each section is divided into several units. The guide is offset printed and…

Project PRIDE (Probe, Research, Inquire, Discover, and Evaluate) is evaluated in this report to provide data to be used as a learning tool for project staff and student participants. Major objectives of the project are to provide an inter-disciplinary, objective approach to the study of the American heritage, and to incorporate methods and…

This catalog of 343 songs for high school vocalists is the result of a survey of American and British solo literature. It was motivated by a desire to bring fine songs to the attention of high school teachers to supplement a repertory often limited to familiar but over-used songs, current and standard show tunes, and operatic arias that are both…

Nutrient intakes and meal patterns of 123 adolescents with employed mothers were compared with those of 88 adolescents with nonemployed mothers. The 24-hour food records indicated few differences between the two groups of adolescents in total nutrient intakes or in intakes at breakfast, the evening meal, or snacks. (Author/CT)

The Social Studies Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) was designed to be administered in three sessions, two of which use items specifically developed for Missouri from Missouri teachers and one of which uses selected portions of the nationally normed Terra Nova Test, developed by CTB/McGraw-Hill. Anchor papers for constructed-response items were…

Analyzed trends of drug use as reported by four cohorts of 11th graders at three-year intervals between 1977 and 1986. Most salient trend was progressively higher percentages in perceived harmfulness of drugs. Higher percentages of health risk factors connected with various categories of drug use were not associated with significant trend of…

Develops various strategies for an approach to physics instruction that should improve girls' and boys' attitudes toward and achievement in physics. Discusses implications for the teaching and learning of physics. (Author/CCM)

Students and teachers in Pierce School District in Arbuckle, California, re-enacted an 1840s wagon train. Staff and students dressed authentically, turning thrift-store outfits into period garb. The 4-day simulation instilled knowledge in students and helped them think more critically. True instructional innovation comes from the bottom up. (MLH)

This research extends a continuing line of inquiry investigating how multimedia resources might be joined with other support structures to effectively implement problem-based inquiry (PBI) activities in secondary history classrooms. Two history teachers with experience in PBI implemented a technology-supported problem-based civil rights unit in…