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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...
Author: James A. Middleton, Aisling Leavy, Lars Leader
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Topics: CurriculumResearch
Tags: Math

Using Team Time Effectively

The hardest part of taming a team is to keep everyone on task and focused during team meetings. Just as in the circus, a middle school team meeting can have several things going on at the same time. Teachers are...
Author: Jack C. Berckemeyer
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Topics: TeachingTeaming
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Writing to Learn: Using Poetry in Two Voices

In his 1985 book Joyful Noises, Paul Fleischman compared the life of a queen bee and a worker bee, and poetry in two voices was born. Many teachers since then have taught students to read and write poems in two...
Author: Lesley Roessing
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Topics: Language Arts and LiteracyTeaching
Tags: ReadingWritingLiteracy

Violence Prevention

A position paper of the Association for Middle Level Education

The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) strongly supports efforts to prevent future acts of violence in our nation’s public schools. As an organization we especially know first-hand what is needed to...
Author: AMLE Board of Trustees
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Topics: Bullying/School SafetyHealth, Wellness, GuidancePosition Statements
Tags: Counselor RolesCyberbullyingSchool ViolencePosition Paper
A Unit of Study Approach for Teaching Common Core State Standards for Writing

A Unit of Study Approach for Teaching Common Core State Standards for Writing

A unit of study can provide a framework that fosters student engagement with writing tasks.

Middle grades students write—daily. They text, pass notes, send e-mails, blog, and post updates on Facebook. At the center of students' non-academic writing are their day-to-day thoughts, stories, and...
Author: Kristine E. Pytash & Denise N. Morgan
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Topics: Common Core State StandardsCurriculumDifferentiated InstructionLanguage Arts and LiteracyMiddle School ConceptTeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: WritingInterdisciplinary TeachingInquiry-based Learning
Bring Class Discussions to Life

Bring Class Discussions to Life

"Beuller? Beuller?" Look in on class discussions today and what you'll see (I hope) is a far cry from the classroom of gaping-mouthed, drooling, blank-faced students in the John Hughes 1986 film Ferris Beuller's Day...
Author: Rick Wormeli
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Topics: Teaching
Tags: Student EngagementRick Wormeli

RAFTing with Raptors: Connecting Science, English Language Arts, and the Common Core State Standards

RAFT writing assignments can help students learn content while developing writing and thinking skills.

Forty-five states and three territories have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and most states are now in the process of implementing them (CCSS Initiative, 2012). CCSS for English Language...
Author: Gary J. Senn, Deborah H. McMurtrie, & Bridget K. Coleman
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Topics: Common Core State StandardsCurriculumDifferentiated InstructionLanguage Arts and LiteracySTEMTeaching
Tags: ScienceWritingLiteracyRAFT
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Dream Come True or Nightmare to Come?

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Dream Come True or Nightmare to Come?

High stakes tests should assess what the public values from education, but they too often fall short of measuring the many and varied student learning outcomes that actually occur in classrooms. For example, in...
Author: Ed Dickey
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Topics: Common Core State StandardsCurriculumMiddle School ConceptSTEM
Tags: Math

Make Food Drives Come Alive!

Clever sculptures created from canned goods greeted folks on the walkway from the Providence, RI Convention Center to the Providence Place Mall. Angry Birds scowled at passersby, while a lobster attempted to escape...
Author: Jill Spencer
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Topics: Family and CommunitySchool Culture/Climate
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Developing Collaboration Skills

Team teachers must develop respectful relationships with each another if they wish their students to exhibit positive relationships with others in their group projects. One cannot model that which one doesn't...
Author: Jill Spencer
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Topics: TeachingTeaming
Tags: Cooperative LearningJill Spencer
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