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Eisele, Todd – 1996
This action research project evaluated a program to improve student motivation, attendance rate, percent of homework returned, and student academic growth. The targeted population was a seventh-grade class in a middle school in north central Illinois. The problem of inadequate student motivation was documented by means of attendance rates,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Grade 7
Hargreaves, Andy; Earl, Lorna; Moore, Shawn; Manning, Susan – 2001
This book examines the realities of educational change from the perspective of reform-minded teachers, focusing on how the professional work of teachers mediates the translation of the new educational orthodoxy into sustained and enhanced levels of student learning. The book charts the perceptions and experiences of 29 teachers in grades 7 and 8…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Alternative Assessment, Change Strategies