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Beamon, Emily R.; Henson, Robert A.; Kelly, Samantha E.; Hansen, William B.; Wyrick, David L. – Prevention Science, 2023
The goal of the current study is to examine the degree to which measures of quality of implementation and student engagement moderate pretest--posttest changes in mediating variables that are targeted by DARE "keepin' it REAL." DARE officers (10 elementary school, five middle school) taught DARE "keepin' it REAL lessons to 1,017…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Drug Education, Police, Program Implementation
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Yurko, Kathleen Colantonio; Adams, Brittany; Boehm, Shelby; Miller, Henry – Middle School Journal, 2023
In the following article the authors detail important concepts surrounding sexual harassment when teachers address such topics in their classrooms. The article considers activities and resources for teachers that should be taught to middle school students in tandem with the literary titles. Middle grades literature, when paired with intentional…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Beliefs
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Johnson, Ashleigh M.; Kroshus, Emily; Hafferty, Kiana R.; Senturia, Kirsten; Garrett, Kimberly A.; Tandon, Pooja S. – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Most United States schools include school-based physical fitness testing (SB-PFT), yet little evidence shows how it is implemented, perceived, and used. Purpose: 1) Explore stakeholders' experiences with SB-PFT; 2) identify: challenges in analyzing fitness data, ways schools can use fitness data, and predictors of meeting fitness…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Testing, Middle School Students, Physical Activity Level
McCormick, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Over the past four years, Skyline Middle School (SMS) has implemented high-quality instructional materials and made numerous attempts to create a school-wide Response to Intervention (RtI) program to support students struggling with classroom mathematics instruction. Despite these efforts, students' mathematics proficiency levels as measured by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Mathematics Skills, Teacher Effectiveness
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Zhang, Lishan; Pan, Mengqi; Yu, Shengquan; Chen, Ling; Zhang, Jing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This paper introduces a system that supports student-centered online one-to-one tutoring and evaluates the practical value of the system by running an experiment with 64 experienced mathematics teachers and 810 students in Grade 7. The experiment lasted for 50 days. A comprehensive evaluation was performed using students' academic performance…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Grade 7, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
Brian Charles Grimm – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Middle school students who need help understanding how to manipulate math expressions involving the negative sign have demonstrated difficulty learning pre-algebra content that prepares them for higher-level math courses. This study involved a multimedia intervention to improve student negative sign proficiency and math self-efficacy. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Modules, Algebra, Mathematics Skills
Jennifer Therese Humpal – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The planning and implementation of effective transition services for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have emerged as crucial aspects of middle school special education. This action research study examines the impact of professional development and collaborative practices on improving transition services for middle school students with…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Program Improvement, Transitional Programs
Dave Brown – Middle Grades Review, 2023
As a reviewer of middle level schools, their programs, policies, curricula, mission statements, instructional behaviors, assessment processes, and student-oriented community the author offers observations that can promote better student equity. He suggests: (1) "Producing Equity Belief Statements." Mission, Equity, or Inclusion…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Culture, Organizational Culture, Social Structure
Sansone, Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Recent policies and programs in science education underscore a need to address "opportunity gaps" for students who are parts of minoritized social, cultural, or racial/ethnic groups. In order to implement professional learning for teachers to assist them in effectively supporting all students, it is critical to understand the classroom…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation, Science Education
Canny, Megan N. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study takes a look at the many effects having an incarcerated household member has on students during the school day. In order to gain a better understanding of these effects, twelve middle school teachers were interviewed about their experiences with these students. According to the teachers interviewed the study found the following.…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Family Influence, Middle School Teachers
William Keating – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study utilizes action research to examine the design and implementation of inquiry-based teaching in a middle school social studies classroom. As a practitioner, fulfilling the role of teacher and researcher, I sought to better understand my teaching practices. To do so, I collected multiple forms of data that would help me understand…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Action Research, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Tarah Michelle Donoghue; Victoria Hand; Brenda A. Aguirre Ortega; Victor Baldemar Leos – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
This brief research report examines the discursive shifts of a secondary mathematics teacher participating in a collaborative learning community centered on culturally responsive mathematics teaching. We draw on two frameworks to analyze the teacher's discursive moves. The first framework comes from Lefstein et al. (2020) on generative discourse…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
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Wiley, Kathryn E. – American Journal of Education, 2021
In this article, I use ethnographic data to theorize about the causes of Black-White racial disparities in discipline at a "mostly White" middle school. Using critical race and institutional theories, I identify two racial discipline logics: criminalized sequestering and racial exemption. These logics differently governed how school…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Discipline
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Meston, Heather M.; Phillips Galloway, Emily; McClain, Janna Brown – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2021
Purposeful academic conversation engages students as active agents in the process of making meaning from text, negotiating perspectives, and achieving mutual understanding. However, educators often report difficulties in engaging students in talk-based pedagogies. This concern can be partially addressed by ensuring that students and teachers have…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Student Role
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Harrison, Lisa M.; Bishop, Penny A. – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2021
"The Successful Middle School" builds upon many decades of commitment to the middle school concept. The fifth edition of AMLE's landmark position paper amplifies the importance of responding both to young adolescents' developmental needs and to their social identities. The edition's release amidst a global pandemic and increasing…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Early Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Equal Education
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