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Lori Hernandez; Leanna Archambault; Lauren McArthur Harris – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2024
Although interest in blended learning for students has grown within elementary and secondary school contexts, limited research exists on the implementation of blended professional development (PD) for teachers. The current mixed-method action research study examined teacher participation in blended learning PD in a large California district,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Faculty Development
Katie Hope Dahm – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how Southern California middle school teachers trained in Restorative Justice describe their use of learned practices to establish fair and supportive environments, foster positive relationships, and address conflict and repair harm to decrease the use of exclusionary discipline.…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Inclusion, Discipline, Middle School Teachers
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Lessard, Leah M.; Juvonen, Jaana – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
The current study examined school variations in academic engagement norms and whether such norms affect those most susceptible to peer influence. We presumed that behaviors associated with perceived popularity make norms salient and are most likely to affect socially marginalized (rejected) youth. Focusing on differences across 26 middle schools,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Risk, Peer Acceptance, Middle School Students
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McEachin, Andrew; Domina, Thurston; Penner, Andrew – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
How should schools assign students to more rigorous math courses so as best to help their academic outcomes? We identify several hundred California middle schools that used 7th-grade test scores to place students into 8th-grade algebra courses and use a regression discontinuity design to estimate average impacts and heterogeneity across schools.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Scores
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Daniels, Erika – Middle Grades Review, 2022
Middle school students are in even more need of social and emotional support due to the cognitive, social, and emotional changes occurring at this stage of their development (Caskey & Anfara, 2014), and their teachers are key players in providing what is needed. Unfortunately, there are few Institutions of Higher Education that offer programs…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Middle School Teachers, Student Needs
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Roberts, Greg; Vaughn, Sharon; Wanzek, Jeanne; Furman, Gleb; Martinez, Leticia; Sargent, Katherine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Promoting Adolescents' Comprehension of Text (PACT) is a text- and discourse-based set of instructional practices that engage students with disciplinary texts as a means of building content knowledge and improving reading comprehension. PACT)s "efficacy" has been the subject of extensive previous trials. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, History Instruction, United States History, Reading Comprehension
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Hice-Fromille, Theresa; London, Rebecca A. – Youth & Society, 2023
Although scholars are attuned to the particular transitional dilemmas faced by middle school students, inquiry into middle school breaktimes is largely limited to research on bullying and peer victimization. This study interrogates the geography of middle school breaktime to expand understanding of student safety and recognize the ways that the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Recess Breaks, Safety, Student Development
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Lo, Michelle T.; Ruef, Jennifer L. – Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 2020
As institutions strive to improve teaching and learning for all, educators must consider equitable instruction. This includes equitable distributions of authority and agency among students. The authors define distribution of authority as shared opportunities for decision-making in enacting mathematical tasks and agency as the power to carry out…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Student Empowerment, Participative Decision Making
Ward, Caryn S.; Franco-Jenkins, Ximena – National Implementation Research Network, 2022
The overall aim of the Effective Implementation Cohort (EIC) investment is to increase district capacity to implement a high-quality middle years math curriculum as part of a Coherent Instructional System (CIS) to accelerate learning for students who are experiencing poverty, Black, Latino/a, and/or English Learner (EL)-Designated ("priority…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Middle School Students, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum
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Nestor B. Tulagan; Stephanie Soto-Lara; Kayla Puente; Perla Ramos Carranza; Alessandra Pantano; Sandra D. Simpkins – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
Latine parents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States (US) often face challenges when supporting their adolescents' education in subjects like math. Guided by strengths-based, culturally grounded frameworks, this study explored the challenges Latine parents faced when supporting adolescents' math learning and how they leveraged…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Hispanic Americans, Parents, Parent Student Relationship
Rechelle L. Pearlman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed by this study was how food insecurity influences the school environment and student academic achievement in grades kindergarten through eight (K-8). This qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore how K-8 school leaders describe the influence of food insecurity on K-8 students' school environment and academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Food
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Lash, Cristina L. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
While ample research has examined how youth in the United States define 'Americanness', little attention has been given to how youth imagine the nation of the future, particularly in light of ongoing immigration. This study investigates how middle school students envision necessary national reforms, and how these views reflect different models of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Critical Thinking, Nationalism
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Jennifer Renick; Stephanie M. Reich – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic and shifts to virtual learning drastically altered school environments, often leaving students without a say in the many changes happening in their lives. To understand how diverse adolescents experienced their school's climate during the COVID-19 pandemic and elevate youth voice in school decisions, we conducted a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Culture, Student Needs
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Ben D. Kern; Wesley J. Wilson; Chad Killian; Hans van der Mars; Kelly Simonton; David Woo; Tristan Wallhead – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2025
Purpose: Our purpose was to gather and evaluate accurate, up-to-date information on physical education (PE) policy implementation across multiple U.S. states and regions. Methods: A U.S. Physical Education and Physical Activity Policy questionnaire was developed and completed by 4,845 public-school PE teachers from 25 U.S. states. The U.S.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Physical Education, Public Schools, Regional Characteristics
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Edeburn, Ellen K.; Knotts, Greg – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2019
Although there is substantial research that has guided middle school reform, there is insufficient support of Latinx students during their normative secondary transition (middle school to high school). Current research emphasizes that students who are not prepared when entering high school will face grim academic futures. The study explores the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Case Studies, Middle School Students, Grade 8
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