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Download full textMoss, Barbara – 1993
A study elaborated a profile of four northeastern Ohio middle-grade teachers who incorporated whole language instruction into their classrooms. The overarching question investigated was how middle grade teachers proceeded to configure whole language instruction in their classrooms. Teachers for the study were selected based on their use of and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Ethnography, Intermediate Grades
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Post, Jory – 1991
This module presents a curriculum on violence prevention for middle school students. It begins with a discussion of what violence is. The second lesson helps students to examine the portrayal of violence in various media. In the third lesson, students examine their own anger and their own tendencies toward violence. The fourth lesson examines the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students
Brown, Sharon; And Others – 1990
This document describes Career Day in Killeen Independent School District in Texas, a program designed by one school guidance department to meet the developmental needs of middle school students, to make students aware of the options available to them after high school, and to help students understand that preparation and achievement now is the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Intermediate Grades
Beane, James A; Lipka, Richard P. – 1987
This monograph promotes the enhancement of self-esteem as a basic responsibility of middle level schools. Chapter 1 makes a case for the importance of self-perception, and describes a rationale specifically focused on early adolescents that is based on history, contemporary issues, and research. Chapter 2 analyzes changes in the adolescent's…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedKatz, Claudia Anne; Kuby, Sue Ann – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1998
Describes a middle school lesson on the Holocaust. Tells how students concluded that it happened in baby steps, yet very fast, and thus that each person has to act when they first notice something is wrong. Relates how, shortly thereafter, two girls took a brave stand on the school bus in defense of a boy being picked on. (SR)
Descriptors: Activism, Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedKatz, Claudia Anne; Kuby, Sue Ann; Hobgood, Jayne M. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Presents (in the form of a conversation with "The Vampire") data on middle school students' attitudes toward literature circles, how they choose their groups for literature circles, patterns in the groups chosen, and how students selected the books they did. (SR)
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedErickson, Dianne K.; Niess, Margaret L. – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Identified teacher decisions related to achievement gains by implementing the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Standards. Results indicated that there was correlation between time span and problem solving gain as well as computation achievement gain, and the number of times teachers chose to use manipulatives to teach. (MOK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedHall, Linda A.; Hyle, Adrienne E. – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Examined the relationship between achievement and learning styles of middle school students. Subjects were chosen from one urban middle school and were asked to complete the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and Dunn & Dunn Learning Style Inventory. Found that traditional classroom settings may not provide sufficient environmental options to enable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Freedom, Adolescents, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedHom, Larry L. – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Examines the nature of adolescents' sports involvement as reflected in reasons for participation and withdrawal. Claims that the degree of fun, the motivation to attain competence, and the capacity to distinguish ability from effort are important. Concludes that if the goal of sports is to foster a healthy lifestyle, the issue of maximizing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletics, Environmental Influences, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedMcAloon, Noreen M. – Journal of Reading, 1995
Describes the exciting things that can happen when middle school students are allowed to chart the course their education will take. (SR)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Group Discussion, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
