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Formative and Summative Assessments in the Classroom
Printable article Successful middle schools engage students in all aspects of their learning. There are many strategies for accomplishing this. One such strategy is student-led conferences. As a classroom teacher...
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Catherine Garrison, Michael Ehringhaus, PhD
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Classroom Management Strategies for Difficult Students
Promoting Change through Relationships
Teachers in middle level schools face overwhelming demands and challenges in their classrooms. They are expected to know content and pedagogy, develop engaging lessons that meet the needs of diverse learners, and use...
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Mary Ellen Beaty-O'Ferrall, Alan Green, Fred Hanna
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Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents
Research Summary
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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It's Time to Stop Averaging Grades
You’ve always averaged grades. Your teachers averaged grades when you were in school and it worked fine. It works fine for your students. Does it? Just as we teach our students, we don’t want to fall for...
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Rick Wormeli
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Successful Strategies for Teaching Reading to Middle Grades English Language Learners
Teachers can employ a variety of classroom-tested strategies to teach reading to English language learners.
Carlos (a pseudonym) moved from Guatemala to the United States when he was in sixth grade. When Carlos started school, his teachers expected him to speak only in English and practice English in his...
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Nicole Bolos
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The Common Core: The Good, the Bad, the Possible
Middle grades educators would have to live on another planet not to be aware of initiatives involving the Common Core State Standards, teacher accountability, and PreK–12 state achievement tests. How do we sort...
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Susan Rakow
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STEM Across the Middle Grades Curriculum
Carl Sagan once said, "We can do science, and with it we can improve our lives." Yes, science is an action—something we can do—and it is apparent that we in education have forgotten that fact. As a...
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Chad Pavlekovich, Jenny Benardi, and Jayne Malach
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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...
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Kristine E. Pytash & Denise N. Morgan
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The Importance of Classroom Structure
Don't let anyone fool you. Don't let anyone tell you differently. To create an "inviting, safe, inclusive, and supportive" environment for students, desks matter. I know this fact firsthand, because one day at school...
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Dru Tomlin
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Looking at Executive Function
It was bright orange and boxy. I had used it repeatedly to "catch air," plowing over snow piles at high speed in school parking lots during the winter. Doing these stunts was safe, I reasoned: It was the family...
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Rick Wormeli
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