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Professional Learning and Professional Development in the Middle Grades
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Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers have touted the importance of improving educator quality as fundamental to enhancing school and student outcomes (Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, & Orphanos,...
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Dana L. Bickmore
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Motivation: Understanding and Responding to Individual Differences
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A basic educational principle is that no matter how well teachers design their instruction, students who refuse to engage can ensure the teachers' instruction will come to naught. This simple truth leads teachers on a...
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Bruce Henderson, David Strahan
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Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents
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Early adolescence is a distinct period of human growth and development situated between childhood and adolescence. During this remarkable stage of the life cycle, young adolescents, 10- to 15-year-olds, experience...
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Micki Caskey, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.
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Coaching Teacher Dispositions
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We know that educators who "value young adolescents and are prepared to teach them" are a key component to middle level students' success (AMLE, 2010, p. 15). Middle level teachers must have the appropriate knowledge,...
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Alicia Wenzel, Jennifer Roberts
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Directions for Literacy Leaders to Support Underachieving Middle Level Students’ Reading Achievement
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The purpose of this research summary revolves around the collection of empirical work published within the last decade that focuses on middle level students most in need of support for their reading achievement....
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Mary F. Roe, Maria Goff
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Writing in Middle Grades Mathematics
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Current educational reform calls for middle grades students who have the foundational skills to be "high school" ready (Williams, Rosin & Kirst, 2011). The Common Core State Standards Initiative (2010) echoes this...
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Amélie Schinck-Mikel, David K. Pugalee
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Ohio’s Middle Childhood Licensure Study
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe middle level prepared teachers’ perceptions of their practices after completing an Ohio Middle Childhood: Grades 4–9 teacher education...
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Paula M. White, Diane Ross, Jennifer Miller, Robin Dever, Karen A. Jones
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The Status of Programs and Practices in America's Middle Schools: Results from Two National Studies
Data from past and present middle level programs and practices supports middle school concept as key factor in highly successful middle schools The early 1900s marked the beginning of American education moving from a...
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C. Kenneth McEwin and Melanie Greene
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Using Chants and Cadences to Promote Literacy Across the Curriculum
Chants and cadences engage students in creative writing and critical thinking.
Daniel (a pseudonym) had benefitted greatly from the idea that students can creatively represent their ideas in a content area in ways other than traditional spoken and written responses. He was a preservice...
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Lisa Ciecierski & William P. Bintz
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Evolution of a Teacher's Problem Solving Instruction: A Case Study of Aligning Teaching Practice with Reform in Middle School Mathematics
Problem solving continues to be a major focus of K-12 mathematics education reform. This case study shows how a teacher's middle school mathematics instruction evolved from teaching problem solving as computation...
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Anthony Rickard
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