A study examined the effectiveness of a spatial learning strategy, the Graphic Post Organizer, implemented for an extended period of time. Subjects, approximately 150 eleventh-grade students enrolled in a "regular level" American History course at a combined upper-middle, middle, and working class suburb of Chicago, Illinois, were…

Publicity materials and a brief program description of the 1983 San Diego County (California) Academic Decathlon are presented. The program description discusses the background, subject coverage, and rules of the Academic Decathlon, a program to promote academic excellence among high school juniors and seniors through competition. The Academic…

A committee comprised of five teachers from the Ann Arbor school system along with consultants from the University of Michigan's English Composition Board and the Director of Language Arts planned, administered, and evaluated an assessment of the writing of all 11th-grade students in the district. It was designed to reflect writing as process and…

The Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) Grade 11 Test is designed to measure proficiency in four subject areas including English, mathematics, social studies, and science. This guide for mathematics is intended to provide a description of the way in which specific skill areas are assessed on the LEAP test and instructional…

The study-in-progress examines the treatment of the U.S. Constitution in U.S. history textbooks at the fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade levels. The study focuses on how textbook authors treat: (1) the background and historical setting from which the U.S. Constitution emerged; (2) the writers of the Constitution and the process they went through…

The Summer High School Remediation Program was designed to provide remedial instruction for 11th and 12th grade pupils who were two or more years below grade level in reading and/or mathematics. Instruction was provided during the day at four high schools and, in addition, one of the schools conducted an evening session. All participants attended…

This fifty-item test is intended for the 'Responsibility' unit of the 'Law in a Free Society' materials published by the California Bar Association. The test was administered as a pre- and post-test to more than 600 grade 11 students. The pre-test data for all students were item-analyzed and the results are made available along with a table of…

A structural model suggesting complex causal interrelationships among eight variables which contribute to variance in student learning is described. The variables include mother's and father's educational level; Relaxed Test Comfort Score; Specific Math Comfort Score; Attitudinal Continuing Motivation Score; Behavioral Continuing Motivation Score;…

This report describes the development and implementation of a four-semester course in consumer economics at the 11th and 12th grade levels. Developed by the social studies chairperson of a high school in Woodbury, New Jersey, for a practicum in an ED.D. program, the course is intended to enable students to more intelligently exercise judgment in…

A CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT AT THE 11TH GRADE LEVEL IS PRESENTED. SPECIAL PROVISION IS MADE FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND THE CODE OF THE FLAG. THE CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF 11 UNITS BEGINNING WITH…

THE MATERIAL IN THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE WAS DEVELOPED TO HELP THE INSTRUCTOR TRAIN STUDENTS TO MEET THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING TRADESMEN. EXPERIENCED TEACHERS DETERMINED OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPED A JOB ANALYSIS, IDENTIFIED THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT, SEQUENCED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND SELECTED PERTINENT LITERATURE. THE…

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED COURSES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GENUINE INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION TO GIFTED PUPILS IN GRADES 10 THROUGH 12 IN RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS. ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE DESCRIBED IN WHICH A TOTAL OF FOUR COURSES WERE OFFERED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEARS 1959-60 AND 1960-61 OVER THREE…

The degree to which good and poor high school readers comprehend prose was studied in relation to their ability to (1) use passage organization to facilitate comprehension; (2) use task instructions to facilitate comprehension; and (3) answer verbatim and paraphrase items used to measure comprehension. Eleventh grade students were given the…

The purpose of the study was to develop a set of guidelines for the implementation of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 as applicable to the stenographic area in business and office education at the secondary school level in the state of Ohio. Part One presents the history and present status of government-supported vocational business education…

Curriculum guidelines for teacher use in organizing and teaching a course to prepare 11th and 12th grade students for entry level child care occupations were developed as part of a pilot study which is reported in VT 006 870. Major emphasis of the program included orientation to the world of work, types of child care services, duties of the child…