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McCann, Christina K.; And Others – 1981
The applicability of conventional measurement techniques in the assessment and evaluation of a middle school educational program has been disputed. The objectives of this program include assisting students in the development of several areas. Among these are independence, healthy self concepts, viable ethical and value systems, socially…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Intermediate Grades
Hunter, William – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1994
Suggests that not everything in education has to be evaluated in terms of cognitive outcome measures. Describes a computer-mediated communication project that involved sixth-grade students in a private school in Montreal and slightly older students in a mainly Inuit town in the far northern part of Quebec. Discusses the actual benefits of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedEichhorn, Donald H. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Curriculum developers should consider middle level learners' needs for intellectual growth and individual attention and their needs to understand themselves and know others. (MLF)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Curriculum Development, Individual Characteristics, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedAlexander, William M.; McEwin, C. Kenneth – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Middle schools are here to stay. The overriding purpose of middle-level education continues to be that of providing programs based on the unique characteristics, needs, and interests of middle-level students. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Download full textWoodward, Arthur; Mathinos, Debra A. – 1987
In order to discover the extent to which the rhetoric surrounding computers in schools is matched by reality, a study of computer use and teacher acceptance was undertaken in a large upper elementary school (grades 4-6) in an affluent, semi-rural community near a major metropolitan area. The school was near the end of its five year instructional…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedEpstein, Joyce; Salinas, Karen – Childhood Education, 1991
Discusses issues to be considered in efforts to determine whether programs are effective for improving education of all middle school students. Details directions effective programs are taking in mathematics, reading, writing and language arts, thinking skills, science, and social studies. Discusses common components of the programs. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMills, Carol J. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1992
The author of EC 604 296 explains the evolution of a pilot project to improve the basic skills and thinking ability of gifted minority children to improve their performance on standardized tests. The paper reviews the effects of the project and notes changes recommended in repeating the program. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted
