"PBS Mathline Middle School Math Project" is a national program offered by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) to local affiliates to increase middle school teachers' understanding of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards, encourage discourse among teachers, and develop classroom applications based on video models of…

A survey of participants in a model teacher education program examined instructor and student attitudes toward modeling of recommended instructional approaches. The Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP) has the goals of developing and implementing programs to prepare special middle grade level mathematics and science teachers at…

A series of studies conducted in the late 1980s suggested that American adolescents lack adequate knowledge in geography, history, science, and current events. This paper examines motivational predictors of students' knowledge of current events and AIDS. Researchers surveyed 579 middle school students from 4 middle schools, and 1,548 high school…

A study determined whether participation in a project using personal computers in the classroom to teach the writing process enabled students to improve their writing performance. One middle school from each of Delaware's 16 districts participated in the program. The project goals were incorporated into a set of four process and three outcome…

This paper describes and analyzes an incident which occurred during observation and videotaping of an eighth-grade language arts class. This classroom observation was part of an ongoing case study of an eighth-grade teacher of Native American heritage. The vignette that is presented describes a fist fight that occurred between two male students in…

This paper describes a cooperative effort, part of a school/university partnership between the Graduate School of Education and the School of Information and Library Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo, in which a core curriculum was developed and coordinated in library research skills and information technology for two…

The mathematics teaching and learning practices of Jaime Escalante, nationally known mathematics teacher, were implemented in a team approach in two high schools and three middle schools in Los Angeles (California). The 13 original project objectives were condensed into restructuring the curriculum, improving student performance, especially in…

The primary purpose of the Student Literacy Corps Project is to: (1) improve the literacy skills of approximately 200 educationally disadvantaged children and increase the parents' involvement in their children's literacy development; (2) provide a tutoring experience for approximately 45 undergraduate students and a coaching experience for…

The onset of adolescence brings with it significant changes in the biological, social, and emotional growth and development of students. In an attempt to meet the needs of transescents (early adolescents aged 10-14) middle level programs have been developed and implemented. However, preparation of teachers to work specifically with middle level…

A review of the literature indicates that, compared to larger, urban schools, small, rural secondary schools have limited course offerings in mathematics and science; the review also indicates, however, that the achievement of students in small, rural schools is equivalent to or even higher than, that of students in larger, urban schools. Such an…

Third-year students (equivalent to U.S. 9th graders, ages 14-15) in six rural and urban Japanese middle schools were given two questionnaires. Information was gathered on family background, school life, educational aspirations, sources of information about high school and high school entered. The number of students who returned one or both of the…

Technology education should be part of the general education of all students for the following reasons: (1) technological literacy is important in preparing people for life and work; (2) technological literacy must be based on sensory as well as language-based learning; and (3) technology is unique in the school curriculum. The content of…

This study investigated whether there were differences in science teachers' efficacy, perceptions of support and knowledge of developmentally appropriate curriculum and instruction in the two organizationally different settings of the junior high and the middle school. Teacher questionnaires were used as a source of data. From 127 returned…

This study was undertaken to develop and field test an instrument designed to measure attitudes of middle school mathematics teachers toward low achievers in mathematics. Three 15-item subscales designed to measure teacher beliefs, feelings, and intended behaviors toward low achievers in mathematics are contained in the Likert-type scale entitled:…

A study examined a resistant student's interactive discursive practices within a participant framework. Data were taken from observations, audiotapes, and transcripts of teacher-led small group discussions in two sixth-grade classrooms at a public urban middle school. Seven visiting teachers from a university and 56 students in the two classes…