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A Path Analysis of the Relationship Among Critical Motivational Variables and Achievement in Reform-Oriented Mathematics Curriculum
This study investigated the relationship among critical motivational variables and mathematics achievement as middle grades students engaged in a reform-oriented curriculum, Mathematics in Context. We tested 327...
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James A. Middleton, Aisling Leavy, Lars Leader
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Differentiation in Action: Developing a Logic Model for Responsive Teaching in an Urban Middle School
Research has suggested that differentiation is a responsive approach to teaching rather than a set of strategies. In this study, researchers generated a logic model to describe how members of a two-teacher team...
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David Strahan, Jessy Kronenberg, Richard Burgner, Jennifer Doherty, Melissa Hedt,
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Effective Science Instruction: Impact on High-Stakes Assessment Performance
This longitudinal prospective cohort study was conducted to determine the impact of effective science instruction on performance on high-stakes high school graduation assessments in science. This study provides...
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Carla C. Johnson, Danhui Zhang, Jane Butler Kahle
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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...
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Rachel Martin, Judy Williams
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Formative Assessment Practices in Successful Middle Level Classrooms
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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...
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David Strahan and Carrie Rogers
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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
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Care in the Middle Level Classroom
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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
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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
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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
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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,...
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Rebecca Kimbrough, Kate Mellen
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