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"I Feel I'm Important": Successful Collaborative Teaching and Learning in a New Zealand Intermediate School

The investigation examined a collaborative teaching and learning house structure at a New Zealand intermediate (or middle) school. Using observations, questionnaires, and interviews, we explored the perceptions of...

Author: Rachel Martin, Judy Williams
Number of views (42291)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Organizational Structures Research

Tags: Cooperative Learning House Structure

Formative Assessment Practices in Successful Middle Level Classrooms

Research Summary

One of the hallmarks of middle level education is the process of understanding students and responding to their needs. In recent years, researchers have stressed the role of assessment in this process. As expectations...

Author: David Strahan and Carrie Rogers
Number of views (43810)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Assessment Research

Tags: Formative Research Summary

Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path: A Policy and Practice Brief

Research has shown that, particularly in high-poverty environments, students' middle grades experiences are critical in launching them toward achievement and attainment or placing them on a path of frustration,...

Author: Robert Balfanz
Number of views (35145)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research

Tags: Achievement Gap Dropout Prevention

Care in the Middle Level Classroom

Research Summary

A caring classroom environment is a key factor in students' success in school (Kohn, 2005; Noddings, 1995). Young adolescents, in particular, need the support and encouragement of an adult advocate who cares and...

Author: D. Michelle Williams
Number of views (54602)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research School Culture/Climate Teaching Young Adolescent Development

Tags: Student Engagement Student Motivation Research Summary

New Teacher Induction

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Teacher quality is an important school-level factor in student achievement (Rivkin, Hanushek, & Kain, 2005) and the focus of ongoing effort by policy makers and practitioners to ensure that all students have...

Author: Kathryn L. Martin
Number of views (87779)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Leadership Professional Development Organizational Structures Research Teaching

Tags: New Teachers Research Summary

Setting Higher Expectations: Motivating Middle Graders to Succeed

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High Expectations In accord with the Association for Middle Level Education's (AMLE) This We Believe tenets (National Middle School Association, 2010), teachers of middle level grades should implement curriculum that...

Author: Elsa Cantú Ruiz
Number of views (65121)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research Teaching

Tags: Student Motivation Research Summary

Perceptions of Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Middle School

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Over the last several decades, discussion regarding the most appropriate methods for educating children with disabilities has abounded (Itkonen, 2007). The term inclusion arose as a result of this discussion, but,...

Author: Rebecca Kimbrough, Kate Mellen
Number of views (78172)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research Special Education/Inclusion

Tags: Counselor Roles Research Summary Inclusion Guidance

Professional Learning Communities

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A professional learning community (PLC) is more than a group of individuals meeting together to read a common book or discuss a relevant issue. According to Huffman and Hipp (2003), PLCs are a way of working; "a...

Author: Kim K. Ruebel
Number of views (68115)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Professional Development Research

Tags: PLCs Research Summary

Assessment

Research Summary

Assessment is important for middle level teachers and their students. In fact, the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) highlighted curriculum, instruction, and assessment in This We Believe: Keys to...

Author: Robert M. Capraro, Mary F. Roe, Micki M. Caskey, David Strahan, Penny A. Bishop, Christopher C. Weis
Number of views (42417)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Assessment Research

Tags: Formative Research Summary

The Use of Common Planning Time: A Case Study of Two Kentucky Schools to Watch

Interdisciplinary teams with common planning time have been a hallmark of the middle school organizational structure since the 1960s, yet research on the effective use of common planning time is limited. This study...

Author: Christopher M. Cook, Ph.D., Shawn A. Faulkner, Ph.D.
Number of views (28332)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research

Tags: Common Planning Time

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Association for Middle Level Education

Browse by Topic: Research

"I Feel I'm Important": Successful Collaborative Teaching and Learning in a New Zealand Intermediate School

Formative Assessment Practices in Successful Middle Level Classrooms

Research Summary

Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path: A Policy and Practice Brief

Care in the Middle Level Classroom

Research Summary

New Teacher Induction

Research Summary

Setting Higher Expectations: Motivating Middle Graders to Succeed

Research Summary

Perceptions of Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Middle School

Research Summary

Professional Learning Communities

Research Summary

Assessment

Research Summary

The Use of Common Planning Time: A Case Study of Two Kentucky Schools to Watch

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