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Scott, Siri; Grant, Samantha; Nippolt, Pamela Larson – Journal of Extension, 2015
With young people, discussing complex issues such as learning and leading in a focus group can be a challenge. To help prime youth for the discussion, we created a focus group approach that featured a fun, interactive activity. This article includes a description of the focus group activity, lessons learned, and suggestions for additional…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Middle School Students, Youth Programs, Group Activities
Schaefer, Larry – NAMTA Journal, 2014
Another historic Montessori essay puts into writing a landmark activity in the middle school world: the school Odyssey trip. This type of trip challenges the group's ability to cooperate around daily living and is combined with the "testimony of the spade" that is so much a part of the archaeology discipline of physical work and study at…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Adolescents, Instruction, Middle School Students