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Direct linkKnickerbocker, Joan L. – American Secondary Education, 2014
Feature films provide a significant form of historical evidence about a culture even when they are fictional. Like books, films are texts that can be analyzed, questioned, and discussed. Vintage films can, therefore, add a valuable new dimension to the history classroom. This article examines how popular films of the 1940s reveal the values,…
Descriptors: History, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Evidence
Butts, Michael J.; Cruzeiro, Patricia A. – American Secondary Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to share school research that studied the factors perceived by students as having the greatest influence regarding their transition from eighth grade to ninth grade. Students at a large comprehensive Midwestern high school completed a survey in which they rated the items they believed assisted them in finding success…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 9, Student Attitudes, Influences
Beaver, William – American Secondary Education, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act is the most far-reaching attempt by the federal government to alter American public education in the last thirty years. Among other things, the act attempts to hold schools accountable by requiring that all teachers be highly qualified, that all students demonstrate proficiency in basic subject matter as measured by…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests, Public Education, Federal Government
Anderson, Sheri; Yilmaz, Ozgul; Washburn-Moses, Leah – American Secondary Education, 2004
Increasingly, students with learning disabilities are being educated in the general education setting by general education teachers. This trend requires general education teachers to use instructional practices that benefit all students. This article reviews the literature from 1986 to 2002 in order to identify and examine academic interventions…
Descriptors: High School Students, General Education, Teaching Methods, Mnemonics
Peer reviewedBallard, Leah M.; Gullat, David E. – American Secondary Education, 1998
If evaluation's purpose is improving teaching rather than prescribing teaching effectiveness, then supervisors must find ways to communicate that purpose and to motivate teachers to seek improvement. This article reviews relevant literature, focusing on summative and formative evaluation, philosophical concepts espoused by neo-traditionalists and…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Professional Development, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWronkovich, Michael – American Secondary Education, 1998
Examines some evidence presented for and against block scheduling and makes recommendations based on these observations. Existing empirical evidence is ambivalent regarding academic benefits, particularly for mathematics achievement. Alternative scheduling seems right for some curricular areas and wrong for others. Blocking some classes and not…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Design, Educational Benefits, Educational Psychology
Peer reviewedGullat, David E.; Lemoine, Dwayne A. – American Secondary Education, 1997
Literature offering solutions to reduce student absenteeism can be divided into four categories: stringent state/community laws and regulations (parental sanctions, zero credit for missed work, suspensions, and police interventions); in-school programs to increase school effectiveness; use of computer technology to lasso truants and inform…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Attendance, Computer Oriented Programs, High Schools
