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Direct linkJason T. Sutton – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore parent opinions of the teaching of social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies in middle school. Three over-arching questions were examined. First, do parents believe that it is important for SEL competencies to be taught? Next, do sixth grade parents have a different opinion of the teaching of SEL than…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Social Emotional Learning, Competence, Parents
Morgan, Anita F.; Sears, Julie A.; Driscoll, Lisa G. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2019
A respected principal finds himself caught in the middle of a complex legal conundrum when a student requests to bring a service animal to his public school where another student may be dangerously allergic to the animal. This case explores how accommodations per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of…
Descriptors: Animals, Public Schools, Students with Disabilities, Compliance (Legal)
Download full textCrone, Deanne A.; Stoolmiller, Michael; Baker, Scott K.; Fien, Hank – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
The primary aim of the Middle School Intervention Project (MSIP) is to evaluate the impact of a multi-component intervention for struggling adolescent readers on reading outcomes. The intervention consists of: (1) targeted, Tier 2 reading and (2) school engagement interventions, and (3) data-based-decision-making (DBDM) teams to review and act on…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Grade 5
Davis, Daniel A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
An achievement gap in reading existed in a Southwest United States school district with Hispanic, economically disadvantaged, English Language Learners (ELLs), and special education sixth grade students based on Measures of Academic Progress data. This study investigated the effectiveness of the "READ 180" reading intervention program…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
Donhost, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The research on the potential relationship of the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP) and the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) was conducted in two phases and focused on middle schools with a grade configuration of 6-8 in the state of Illinois. The first phase of the research examined whether or…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Educational Assessment, Statistical Analysis
EdSource, 2011
This playbook draws from the findings of "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades," the largest empirical study of this grade level conducted to date. The "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades" study was designed to find out what higher-performing schools do differently. The result is a compelling set of specific, actionable…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Administrator Role, Academic Achievement
Mac Iver, Douglas; Reuman, David A. – 1988
In many upper-elementary school classrooms, students are given few decision-making prerogatives. In junior high school, it becomes increasingly rare for them to receive the decision-making opportunities they believe they should have. Both person-environment fit theory and pawn theory would predict that a failure to provide students with such…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Grade 6, Grade 7
Fort Worth Independent School District, TX. – 1988
The purpose of this curriculum guide is to define a portion of the common core of knowledge and skills that middle school students should know or be able to do to promote health and well-being. It identifies an appropriate score and sequence, and offers suggestions for teaching and learning. It is also intended as a tool for coordinating and…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Decision Making, Family Life, Grade 6
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1988
This guide contains a course outline, course competencies, suggested activities, and recommended resources for effective implementation of a course on career exploration. The semester course is designed to provide initial career guidance experiences and hands-on exploratory activities for sixth-graders (11- and 12-year-olds). Introductory…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Curriculum Guides
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Snell, Ednell M.; Snapp, Betty Lou – 1978
This home economics curriculum for the middle school (grades 6-8) is designed to assist students in developing self-concept, making decisions, and developing basic skills. Written by a group of home economics teachers, this curriculum contains nine learning packages on the following topics: (1) consumer management; (2) decision management; (3)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Education, Curriculum
Peer reviewedElmore, Randy F.; Zenus, Valerie – Roeper Review, 1994
Thirty sixth graders in accelerated mathematics classes were taught in cooperative-learning teams for 12 weeks. Students appeared to benefit academically, personally, and socially from the cooperative-learning strategies used to teach mathematics, cooperative-learning skills, effective communications, internal locus of control, and personal…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning
