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Assessing Source Evaluation Skills of Middle School Students Using Learning Progressions
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Sparks, Jesse R.; van Rijn, Peter W.; Deane, Paul – Educational Assessment, 2021
Effectively evaluating the credibility and accuracy of multiple sources is critical for college readiness. We developed 24 source evaluation tasks spanning four predicted difficulty levels of a hypothesized learning progression (LP) and piloted these tasks to evaluate the utility of an LP-based approach to designing formative literacy assessments.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Information Sources, Grade 6, Grade 7
Confirming a Middle Grades Leadership Model and Instrument
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Bickmore, Dana L. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2011
The purpose of this replication study was to confirm a model of middle grades principal leadership, Developmentally Responsive Middle Level Leadership (DRMLL), proposed by Brown and Anfara (2002) through the validation of the "Middle Level Leadership Questionnaire" (MLLQ), which was developed by Anfara, Roney, Smarkola, DuCette, and…
Descriptors: Principals, Middle Schools, Leadership, Models
An Evaluation of the 4-H "Health Rocks" Program: Implications for Program Improvement
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Self, Carlton; Morgan, A. Christian; Fuhrman, Nicholas E.; Navarro, Maria – Journal of Drug Education, 2013
The National 4-H Council developed the Health Rocks substance abuse educational program to prevent youth from engaging in risky behaviors. The program was presented in 2010 to more than 8,000 middle school youth in Georgia. A post-then-pre evaluation was conducted with youth who completed 10 hours of instruction to determine if changes in youth…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Drug Education
A Passion for Teaching & Learning
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Umphrey, Jan – Principal Leadership, 2013
Laurie Barron, the principal of Smokey Road Middle School in Newnan, GA, is the 2013 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year. This article presents a conversation with Barron on her passion for teaching and learning. She shares her biggest motivator as a school leader and how she motivates her students and staff members to fully…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Principals, Leadership Effectiveness, Motivation Techniques
A Contextual Analysis of the Quality Core Curriculum and the Georgia Performance Standards in Seventh Grade Social Studies: A Critical Race Perspective
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Candis, Matthew Reese – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 1985 the state of Georgia introduced the Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) in accordance with the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Act. These learning standards identified the content knowledge that students were required to learn in each subject area at all grade levels. The QCC was replaced by the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) to identify the…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, State Standards, Grade 7, Social Studies
Instrumental Iteration toward FOI Evaluation of Pedagogical Methods
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Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S.; Portes, Pedro R.; Mellon, Paula J.; Stollberg, Robert A.; Turk, Jonathan M. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
This study is part of the core research agenda of the five-year, Goal 3 grant funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, U. S. Department of Education "Improving the Teaching and Learning of English Language Learners: The Instructional Conversation Model." In video review of teaching, bias in evaluation or rating is evident in many…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Educational Research, Grants