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Peer reviewedAdams, Linda B. – Middle School Journal, 1993
Involvement in community service can benefit middle-school students by helping them feel valued, teaching responsibility, and improving teacher-student relations. A rural Pennsylvania middle school evaluated community-service opportunities and then employed StarServe, a resource kit encouraging students to develop their own service projects.…
Descriptors: Community Services, Helping Relationship, Intergenerational Programs, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedWelsh, Susan – Middle School Journal, 1994
A crew of seventh and eighth graders at a middle school comprise the writers, editors, and talent of Kid Time News, produced by a Taft broadcasting station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. News vignettes are aimed at children and include topics such as current events, bike safety, jobs, water safety, babysitting tips, and youth fitness. (MLH)
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Educational Benefits, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedRuder, Robert – Middle School Journal, 1994
Providing additional academic challenges to gifted middle schoolers can be demanding, considering their involvement in multitudinous activities. A Pennsylvania school developed a three-prong approach that provides more rigorous curricular content and adopts the group instruction method favored by music departments and the one-on-one technique used…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Gifted, Individualized Education Programs, Intermediate Grades
