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Integrated Reading and Language Arts Instruction

The goal of the middle school organization is to create a learning environment that matches the developmental abilities and needs of young adolescents. This research attempts to operationalize that goal by integrating...

Author: Robert J. Stevens
Number of views (37625)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Language Arts and Literacy Research

Tags: Cooperative Learning Reading Writing

Effects of Interdisciplinary Teaching Team Configuration upon the Social Bonding of Middle School Students

This study compared two configurations of sixth-grade students and core teachers to measure the students' perceived levels of social bonding with their peers, their school, and their teachers. One configuration...

Author: John J. Wallace
Number of views (37631)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research Teaming

Tags: Interdisciplinary Teaching

Improving Classroom Instruction: Understanding the Developmental Nature of Analyzing Primary Sources

Authentic and constructive learning experiences that include analysis of primary source documents are necessary elements of effective social studies teaching (Bailyn, 1994; Leinhardt, Stainton, & Virji, 1994;...

Author: Karen M. Dutt-Doner, Catherine Cook-Cottone, Susan Allen
Number of views (5828)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research Teaching

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Key Characteristics of Middle School Performance

This research project examined student performance in middle schools with a grade configuration of six through eight. Schools were categorized into two groups: high-performing middle schools—middle schools...

Author: Ronald A. Styron, Jr., Terri R. Nyman
Number of views (6828)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research

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Comparison of Student Learning Outcomes in Middle School Science Classes with an STS Approach and a Typical Textbook Dominated Approach

The purpose of this study was to determine whether Science, Technology, and Society (STS) learning increases student concept mastery, general science achievement, use of concepts in new situations, and attitudes...

Author: Robert E. Yager, Hakan Akcay
Number of views (36208)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research STEM

Tags: Science

Early Predictors of School Performance Declines at School Transition Points

This longitudinal study followed students (n =265) from kindergarten through seventh grade and examined early social and academic predictors of school performance at two normative school transitions. Questions...

Author: Diane Malaspina, Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman
Number of views (6106)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research Transitions to/from Middle School

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Parents' Relationships and Involvement: Effects on Students' School Engagement and Performance

This study focused on parents' relationships and involvement in their children's lives and the effects on the students' school engagement and school performance. The study used the Wave I data from the National...

Author: Yun Mo, Kusum Singh
Number of views (42315)/Comments (2)/

Topics: Family and Community Research

Tags: Student Engagement Parent Involvement

Reading Girls: Living Literate and Powerful Lives

In this qualitative study, the authors merge two bodies of previously separated scholarship: (1) a socio-cultural understanding of adolescent girls in light of the shifting meaning of ideal girlhood, and (2) the...

Author: Pam Bettis, Mary F. Roe
Number of views (32310)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Language Arts and Literacy Research

Tags: Literature

The Influence of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Eighth Grade Mathematics Achievement

The issue of lower than expected mathematics achievement is a concern to education leaders and policymakers at all levels of the U.S. PK–12 education system. The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental...

Author: Christopher H. Tienken, James A. Maher
Number of views (36894)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research

Tags: Math State Tests

Preservice Teachers Are Creating a College Culture for At-Risk Middle School Students

This mid-point report from a seven-year study about building a college culture investigates how a multifaceted approach including mentoring, technology, campus visits, parent involvement, and tutoring impacts at-risk...

Author: Rich Radcliffe, Liz C. Stephens
Number of views (63865)/Comments (1)/

Topics: At-risk/RTI Professional Preparation Research

Tags: College Readiness Preservice Teachers

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Association for Middle Level Education

Browse by Topic: Research

Integrated Reading and Language Arts Instruction

Effects of Interdisciplinary Teaching Team Configuration upon the Social Bonding of Middle School Students

Improving Classroom Instruction: Understanding the Developmental Nature of Analyzing Primary Sources

Key Characteristics of Middle School Performance

Comparison of Student Learning Outcomes in Middle School Science Classes with an STS Approach and a Typical Textbook Dominated Approach

Early Predictors of School Performance Declines at School Transition Points

Parents' Relationships and Involvement: Effects on Students' School Engagement and Performance

Reading Girls: Living Literate and Powerful Lives

The Influence of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Eighth Grade Mathematics Achievement

Preservice Teachers Are Creating a College Culture for At-Risk Middle School Students

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