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Using Blogs and ePortfolios to Assess Student Growth in Middle and Secondary School Art Classrooms in West Virginia: A Cross-Case Analysis. Section II: Assessments That Promote Vibrant Learning Communities and Advocate for the Visual Arts. Assessment White Papers for Art Education
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Giobbia, Terese – National Art Education Association, 2018
Middle and secondary school students typically spend 9 hours a day on their smart devices (Barnwell, 2016). With this in mind, art teachers can contemplate strategies to leverage this vast usage of technology to drive positive results in the classroom. Exposing students to new and engaging art activities and materials is one way educators can…
Descriptors: Art Education, Middle School Students, Secondary School Students, Electronic Publishing
The Economic Benefits of Academic and Career Preparation. Issues in College Success
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ACT, Inc., 2008
Students should start career planning as early as middle school by learning about their interests and their academic strengths and weaknesses as they begin to consider postsecondary and career options. This issue brief presents the results of a study that provides a financial rationale in finding that those students who engage in such long-term…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Career Planning, Middle Schools, High School Graduates
Parent Involvement in the Academic Adjustment of Latino Middle and High School Youth: Teacher Expectations and School Belonging as Mediators
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Kuperminc, Gabriel P.; Darnell, Adam J.; Alvarez-Jimenez, Anabel – Journal of Adolescence, 2008
A path model based in a theory of social capital was tested with Latino middle school (n = 195, 58% female, average 13.8 years of age) and high school students (n = 129, 64% female, average 16.8 years of age). Most participants (77%) were immigrants (predominantly from Mexico). Questionnaires assessed student perceptions of parent involvement,…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Student Adjustment, Hispanic American Students, Middle School Students
Transition to a Middle Level School: What Kids Say.
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Arowosafe, Donna Schumacher; Irvin, Judith L. – Middle School Journal, 1992
Analysis of writing samples from 135 students and interviews with 6 students about their experiences as sixth graders centered around 4 questions: (1) informants about school; (2) amount of stress; (3) safety; and (4) students' perception of school. Outlines activities that might improve the informant role of parents, siblings and peers, and…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Parenting Influences on Early Sex Initiation Among Adolescents: How Neighborhood Matters
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Roche, Kathleen M.; Mekos, Debra; Alexander, Cheryl S.; Astone, Nan Marie; Bandeen-Roche, Karen; Ensminger, Margaret E. – Journal of Family Issues, 2005
Building on social ecological research, this study considers whether neighborhood socioeconomic advantage modifies the relationship between parenting practices and sex initiation among young adolescents. Using data on a national sample of 2,559 middle school students, the authors examined two-way interactions between neighborhood socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Parent Participation, Neighborhoods, Parenting Styles
Effective Schools: Three Case Studies of Excellence.
Gilchrist, Robert S. – 1989
This document presents case studies of three excellent schools (one each at the elementary school, middle school, and high school levels), and describes the methods by which these schools achieved recognition in order to offer suggestions for community members working to improve their own schools. The book is organized into six chapters. The first…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Quality, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Schools