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Summer Credit Recovery and Middle Grade Students
… for students who have been retained in the middle grades of Hamblen County School System. Student success was defined and assessed in the areas of academic proficiency, discipline, and student absenteeism. Student information regarding each area was obtained from the Hamblen County School …
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A study of certification for the middle grade mathematics teacher
… beliefs about state certification for the middle grades mathematics teacher.</p> <p>A mail-in survey was conducted among teachers at forty-eight public schools serving middle grade students in Camden County. A fourteen-item questionnaire obtained opinions from teachers teaching in the …
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Neurodivergent Narratives: Restorying Neurodiversity in Twenty-First Century Middle Grade Literature
Popularized middle grade literature about neurodivergent characters, typically written by neurotypical authors, often portrays disability as a problem needing to be cured or changed. In contrast, fiction created by neurodivergent authors offers alternative perspectives, reimagining and restorying …
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Transition from brick and mortar to online teaching: Middle-grade teachers' perspectives
… this study was to investigate and understand how middle-grades teachers describe the transition from brick and mortar to online teaching of middle-grades students. A qualitative, descriptive case study design provided the framework for this study. An investigation into the lived experiences of a …
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The Stone of Amaaranth: An Epic Fantasy Novel for Middle Grade Readers
<p>The Stone of Amaranth is a chapter book for kids nine to fourteen, set in medieval times, and the coming of age story for a boy and a girl. The boy is trained by an old hermitic woman to search for magic stones. She calls him Boy because of a spell which prevents either of them from knowing his …
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The Dialectical-Level Reflective Habits of Middle-Grade Teachers: A Phenomenological Study
… study explores the lived experiences of five middle school educators who exhibit dialectical-level reflective traits. In-depth interviews as well as a videotaped classroom lesson and reflection were utilized in order to determine the dialectical-level reflective habits and tacit knowledge of …
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Wimps, dorks, and reluctant readers: Redefining literacy in multimodal middle grade diary books
… <em>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</em>, the multimodal, middle-grade diary book has gained popularity. The series features “handwritten,” journal entries and drawings and has elicited many imitators, the most prominent of which is Rachel Renee Russell’s <em>Dork Diaries</em>. While the diary form is not …
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Flexibility Matters: A Qualitative Look at Four Middle Grade Teachers’ Implementation of Personalized Learning
… this case study will examine how four exemplary middle school teachers implement PL in a Title 1 middle school in a large urban K-12 school district in the Southeast. The study will also describe these teachers’ perceptions of PL. </p> <p><em>Keywords</em>: personalized learning, technology, 1:1 …
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Needed Supports of Middle Grade Teachers in Georgia During Times of Stress and Burnout
<p>Understanding what teachers need to help them relieve occupational stress can help administrators effectively combat teacher burnout. With the multiple roles teachers play, it is easy to see how role conflict, role ambiguity, and role overload increase the chances that a teacher will suffer from …
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Modeling Middle Grade Students' Algebraic and Covariational Reasoning using Unit Transformations and Working Memory
… Originally this study was designed to examine middle grade students' units coordination in covariational reasoning across stages and consider the cognitive limiting factor of working memory. In this case study of Daniel, an advanced Stage 2 middle-grade algebra student, I examined the role his …
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Legends of Light: Crafting middle grade fantasy in the tradition of Catholic philosophy and medieval visual culture
… essay promotes the writing and illustrating of middle grade literature that mirrors the wonder-inducing experiences of leafing through an illuminated manuscript and stepping into a Gothic cathedral. An examination of Catholic medieval visual culture moves into a discussion on its underlying …
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An Evaluation of Educator Perceptions Regarding the Level of Family Engagement in Appalachian Kentucky Schools with Middle Grade Students
… in rural Appalachian Kentucky schools with middle grade students. The research contributes to the field of rural family engagement studies by providing baseline metrics of educator perceptions on the current level of family engagement. The sample consisted of 95 educators working in …
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Report on the working for silver and gold of a middle grade product from ore of the Merrimac Mine, Newburyport
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, 1877
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Teaching English Learners in Middle Grades: A Mixed Method Study of the Dispositions, Priorities, and Instructional Practices of Urban Bilingual, ESL, and Content Teachers
<p>This study focuses on the instruction of middle grade English language learners (ELs) and their bilingual, English as a Second Language (ESL), and content teachers in a large, urban, Midwestern school district. This mixed methods study gathered quantitative and qualitative data using a survey …
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A Perfect Escape: Fantasy, Place and Narrative in Adolescence
… of adolescence and the creation of stories for middle-grade readers. Framed with personal stories, as well as peaks into my process, I investigate these subjects through the lens of my own life and work, specifically my thesis project, a comic for middle-grade readers titled <em>Beyond the …
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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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Reading through Brown Eyes: Toward Developing a Culturally Congruent Reading Curriculum
… the reading motivations of African American middle grade males and investigated why some African American males are more successful academically in reading than others. This investigative pathway traveled through the possible interconnected barriers relative to reading achievement and reading …
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