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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Middle level education"”.
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Quality in Education: Perspectives Regarding Baldrige-based Practices and Instructional Leadership in Middle Schools
… development and the social nature of the educational environment reflect the declines in applicants and impact student accountability. Using a three-tiered case study, the present research inquiry identified perspectives of superintendents, middle school principals, and middle school …
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A study of New Jersey middle school mathematics teachers' qualifications and beliefs on certification
… of this research was to assess New Jersey middle school mathematics teachers' qualifications and beliefs on certification. To research this topic, teachers from South Jersey middle schools were contacted and asked to respond to a survey. The survey was created by the researcher to obtain …
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Components and issues of an exemplary middle level physical education program: expert opinion
… direction currently faces secondary physical education throughout the United States. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the components of an exemplary middle level physical education program and the issues facing the implementation of such a program. A three round modified …
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Teacher and Administrator Perspectives on a Good Middle School: A Cross-Case Study
Education for adolescents in middle-level schools is a topic of great interest for many educators. Reaching a consensus on what constitutes an effective education for middle-level learners has been a challenge. The purpose of this study was to contribute to this discussion. Although the study was …
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The Meaning of Educational Travel in the Lives of Urban Middle School Students in a Low-Income Neighborhood: A Transformative, Sequential Mixed Methods Study
… a gap in the literature regarding the meaning of educational travel in the lives of urban youth in a low-income neighborhoods. The framework for this study stems from educational travel, culturally responsive teaching, effective middle level education (AMLE), and experiential learning. First, a …
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Current Scheduling, Teaming, and Curriculum Practices In Virginia's Middle Schools
… teaming practices, and curricula used by the middle-level schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and it was conducted through the use of descriptive statistics. A questionnaire was sent to experts in the area of middle school education for review and field-tested with practicing …
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Music at the middle: principles that guide middle level general music teachers
… the principles teachers employ when teaching middle level general music to young adolescents in the United States. In the discourse of music education, general music is often described as comprehensive music education for all students. In the language of middle level education, general music …
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Professional Growth and Development: A Study of Exemplary Middle School Principals in Iowa
… the professional growth activities of exemplary middle school principals and to document what they perceived were conditions that influence their active participation,and the factors that influence their effectiveness. Procedures. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with fifteen …
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The contribution of John Lounsbury to the development of the middle school movement in American education : an oral history.
… is considered to be one of the founders of the middle school movement. His career began in the 1940's as a junior high school teacher. He later became one of the key leaders in the junior high reform movement and subsequently, a leader in the middle school movement. Although Lounsbury retired …
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The Emergence of the Middle School in Independent Education
… schools across the nation have adopted the middle school concept. The critical element in the evolution of the middle school in independent education is that the unique and marked changes in the overall intellectual and psycho-social development of adolescents have been systematically …
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Using schools to watch program's self-study and rating rubric to examine middle-grades education in an urban district
… multiple characteristics of high-performing middle schools as identified in the schools to watch rubric and how those characteristics as well as grade configurations may affect students’ progression through their first year of high school. A student’s middle level experience strongly impacts …
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Influence of a Collaborative Norming Process on Teacher Perceptions of Middle Level Team Structure and Development
… teaming concept has served as a cornerstone of middle level philosophy and education since the middle school movement began in the 1960s. The literature on teaming is quite extensive and the interpretations of that research often differ among schools. For the purpose of this study, teaming is …
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Grading practices and mindset development: the growth of both
… have on students’ mindsets in urban Midwestern middle schools. The components of this quasi-experimental, causal comparative survey research relied on the grading policies in place at the school level and the students’ reporting of their mindset. Data was collected using a questionnaire …