This document consists of workshop materials used during a paper/poster session at the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) summer conference. Presenters modeled the use of case literature as a tool for teaching about culturally responsible pedagogy and effective instruction. The cases were developed from observations of and interviews with…

This guide to improving middle school guidance programs is based on two premises: (1) that the primary goal of the guidance program is to help students find meaning in their lives, and by this means, find relevancy in what schools have to offer them; and (2) that this sense of relevancy is accompanied by higher motivation to learn, and as a…

Nine years after the National Science Education Standards' release, just how well do science teachers in grades 5 to 8 actually use them to plan content, define improved teaching, and assess real learning? Find out the answers to these key questions in this groundbreaking collection of 15 essays by teachers, researchers, and professors whose…

The purpose of this monograph is to heighten awareness about action research for both teachers and administrators involved in California middle level reform efforts. This approach to educational research is a means of developing knowledge through collaboration in a process that improves both student learning and professional autonomy. The…

Activities and resource ideas in this guide are designed to contribute to a more relevant art curriculum with students becoming aware of artistic skills necessary in daily living as well as occupational requirements associated with careers in art. The guide is intended to serve as resource materials for teacher use in the classroom or for student…

Designed for a 90- or l80-day middle/junior high school career orientation course, this teacher's guide and the accompanying student activity manual focus on how personal needs can be met in the career world. Course goals listed are as follows: (1) to increase understanding of self by helping students analyze personal interests, abilities, values,…

This autoinstructional program, developed for high, medium and low level achievers, is directed toward a course in general science in middle schools. Mathematics of fractions and decimals is described as a prerequisite to the use of the packet. Two behavioral objectives are listed. Both involve the students' determining mass, first to the nearest…

This autoinstructional program, developed as part of a general science course, is offered for students in the middle schools. Mathematics of fractions and decimals is considered to be prerequisite knowledge. The behavioral objectives are directed toward mastery of determining volumes of solid objects using the water displacement method as well as…

This publication is the second product of a project to update and reorder the Science Syllabus for Middle and Junior High Schools in the State of New York. The performance criteria and objectives are provided in a general outline in the first section, which conforms to the content subdivisions in the three "processes" sections: (1) Work and…

This publication offers suggestions for conducting in-service teachers' workshops in which participants explore the relationship between the media specialist and the reading program. The first section describes procedures for effective workshop planning; other sections provide suggestions for teaching about the reading process and the reading…

One in a series of four guides developed for use by parents of children enrolled in a Title I reading improvement program, this booklet provides learning activities and suggestions for improving the reading abilities and skills of junior high/middle school children. The areas covered are homework, reading comprehension, word study skills, word…

One of a set of six guides for an industrial arts curriculum at the junior high school level, this guide provides the basic foundation to develop a one-semester course based on the cluster concept, energy and power technology. The guide suggests manipulative and experimental student-conducted activities or teacher demonstrations which focus on the…

Designed for a 90- or l80-day middle/junior high school career orientation course, this student activity book and the accompanying teacher's guide focus on how personal needs can be met in the career world. Course goals listed are as follows: (1) to increase understanding of self by helping students analyze personal interests, abilities, values,…

This unit contains 25 class activities to help middle and high school students become aware of stereotypic images they may have about China and the Chinese. The activities can form the basis of a minicourse or can be used to supplement courses in sociology, psychology, U.S. history, world history, language arts, or community studies. Section One…

These six self-contained home economics miniunits on personal development are part of a set of 21 designed to provide middle school/junior high boys and girls opportunities to explore several areas of study within a 6-, 9-, or 12-week period of instruction. Units are designed to be free of sex-role stereotyping and are identified as level I…