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Showing 1 to 20 of 460 for “"Middle school students"”.
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Bullying among middle school students
… to examine the differences in opinions between students and the staff (teachers, non-certified support staff and certified support staff) in a suburban middle school with regard to bullying. The researcher summarized data from a survey administered to 671 participants within the school setting. …
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Motivational Interviewing with Middle School Students
… of MI for promoting academic achievement in middle school students. It also examines theoretically specified mechanisms of action for MI such as cognitive dissonance theory, self-efficacy, empathy, and reactance theory. Participants were 103 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students who were …
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Body image in middle school students
… was conducted to investigate the body images of Middle School aged students. A population of 62 students (37 males, 25 females) was given a survey that questioned their level of body image, their practice of weight-control behaviors, and the various potential influences on these areas. The …
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College knowledge: Addressing college with middle school students
… claim that college access is important in high school. A recent report from the US Department of Education indicates that only 59% of students graduate from high school, and only 29% of high school graduates successfully complete college. Failure of students to enroll in college and the tendency …
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Middle school students’ perceptions of caring teacher behaviors
… negative, economic, and social implications for students of color, those living in poverty, or those who are English Language Learners (ELL). A school climate characterized by a caring student/teacher relationship is one approach that could mitigate the negative outcomes and help to close these …
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Exploring Middle School Students' Heuristic Thinking about Probability
… qualitative study examines six eighth-grade students' thinking while solving probability problems. This study aimed to gather direct information on students' problem solving processes informed by the heuristics and biases framework. This study used purposive sampling (Patton, 1990) to …
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Engaging Middle School Students through STEAM Project-Based Learning
… project-based learning (STEAM PBL) approach on students’ cognitive and emotional engagement. In an educational landscape marked by the growing popularity of both STEAM education and PBL in K-12 settings, this study aims to understand how STEAM PBL can be harnessed to address declining rates of …
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Impact of violence exposure on urban middle school students
… sequelae of exposure to violent events on urban middle school students. Participants consisted of 224 seventh and eighth grade students of diverse ethnic backgrounds from McKinley Middle School, located in Flint, Michigan. Students were fairly evenly divided between genders (n(boys)=98, …
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What motivates middle school students to become better writers?
… ways in which a teacher can motivate these students to become better writers. Common Core curriculum was used along with collaborative, technology-based and independent writing tasks in which students learned how to identify their writing motivations in a variety of writing tasks. …
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Multimedia mathematics intervention for math-delayed middle school students
… instructional practices for math-delayed middle school students have positive effects on their mathematics achievement and spatial visualization ability and to gauge student engagement in learning, implementation of the principles of instructional design, and attitudes toward mathematics …
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Equity and Inclusion for Gender Diverse Middle School Students
… increasing numbers (McCarthy, 2019). LGBTQ+ students have a history of being a group without a voice because the dominant gender classification was a binary male or female model. They have seldom dared to express and identify their real selves. According to Lewis (2020), this form of …
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Middle School Students' Attitudes Toward a Physical Education Program
The purpose of this study was to examine middle school students' attitude toward a physical education program and to determine the various aspects of the program that appear to contribute to positive and negative attitudes towards middle school physical education. Students (N=348) from one middle …
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Teacher Mentors: Lived Experiences Mentoring At-Risk Middle School Students
Problem: Because the experiences of students in the middle grades are “critical to his or her life’s chances” (Balfanz, 2009, p. 11) and ultimately to graduation (Balfanz, 2009) schools and communities are implementing mentoring interventions to support students struggling to be successful in …
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Teacher’s Perceptions and Awareness of Cyberbullying Among Middle School Students
… perceptions and awareness of cyberbullying among middle school students. Teachers from a rural school district were surveyed about their concern and awareness of cyberbullying, their confidence in identifying and managing cyberbullying, who should implement cyberbullying programs, and who should …
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Child And Family Predictors Of Bullying In Middle School Students
… other are more resilient. The study included 259 middle schools students in grades six through eight. The students were enrolled at a single middle school located in a suburban area. The largest group of students was African American, lived with both parents or mother only, and qualified for free …
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Teaching Economically Disadvantaged Latino Middle School Students in a Pandemic
… for educators across the United States. Schools and teachers had to transform their teaching practices practically overnight. Education in most schools across the country conducted distance learning in some capacity. A demographic group that was affected was economically disadvantaged …
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Mathematics Achievement and Writing Assignments Among Urban Middle-School Students
<p>Thirty-seven eighth-grade students from a middle grade urban school in the southeast served as subjects for the study of whether the inclusion of writing assignments affected mathematics achievement. Total math scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills were compared before and after various …
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