Discusses the cultural and language diversity of young adolescents. Outlines 10 steps to foster a multicultural (or macro cultural) perspective in all students at the middle school level, strategies that build on students' diversity to create a positive and cooperative learning environment. Describes a cooperative activity that promotes…

Eight distinct and important steps for developing a junior high school to a middle school were discussed. (Author/RK)

This article attempted to present some of the pertinent findings regarding organizational, curricular, and instructional practices in the upper midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio. (Author/RK)

If you administer a middle or junior high school in an old building, the traditional plant need not be a liability. Discusses a cluster organization as a pilot program for seventh grade students entering junior high grades. (Author/RK)

Presents an outline of a number of curriculum modifications and adaptations that can be relatively simple to implement at the middle school level in order to individualize instruction in mainstreamed classrooms. (FL)

Students at Burris Laboratory School, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, are involved in a personalized program stressing interaction skills. (DS)

The middle school is gradually emerging, while the junior high school is expiring, to meet the needs of the pre-adolescent. It is necessary to profit by the experience gained in administering the junior schools in order for the middle schools to be a success. (MF)

A middle school art teacher describes her program for highlighting one student each week as a positive motivational and disciplinary tool. She increases the impact of the reward by personally informing the winner's parents. (SJL)

During 1978, 194 teachers identified as effective in 21 Kentucky middle schools were surveyed about techniques they would use to deal with 15 discipline problems. Agreement on preferred technique was highest for serious infractions. Individual attention was preferred for minor annoyances. Existence of a district discipline code affected teachers'…

The Avon Grove School District has a middle school orientation program for incoming elementary students and their parents, which consists of several visits and open houses in the Spring and at the beginning of the Fall term. (SJL)

Discusses current middle school reform efforts and the need to change significantly the structure and practice of middle school education. Examines three practices that hold great promise for meeting the increasingly diverse needs of middle school students (and that boost each others' effectiveness): teacher collaboration, block scheduling, and…

Describes a career awareness unit for middle school language arts students which focuses on the special uses of language found in different professions. (SR)

Discusses cognitive style and culture, and maintains that some students might be considered "at risk" when they are simply field-dependent learners. Describes characteristics of field-dependent and field-independent learners, and discusses strategies for use with the field-dependent learner. (SR)

Hypothesizes that students who take the Cognitive Abilities Test after an instructional course in critical thinking skills will tend to score higher than similar students who take the test prior to the instruction. Finds that intelligence, as measured by scores on tests of cognitive ability, can be increased. (MS)