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Changing a Rural School to Better Meet the Needs of Its Young Adolescents.

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Allen, Michael G.; And Others – Middle School Journal, 1994

With administrative support, guidance from Georgia Southern University's middle-grades program, and much hard work, teachers at a rural Georgia elementary school (K-7) have fashioned a developmentally appropriate middle-grades program. The results are greater middle-grade/high school articulation, an exploratory curriculum, differentiated student…

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developmental Programs, Early Adolescents, Intermediate Grades

Social Development in Early Adolescence: Implications for Middle School Educators.

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Manning, M. Lee; Allen, Michael G. – Childhood Education, 1987

Describes the changing social characteristics of early adolescence; provides research finding implications of the effects these changes have on the school climate and academic acheivement and offers suggestions to middle school educators who interact daily with early adolescents. (BB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Intermediate Grades