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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"middle level"”.
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Exemplary parent-school partnerships in transition from elementary to middle level: approaches of the middle level principal
… during the time of transition from elementary to middle level. Participants’ attitudes, purposes, and practices with regard to parent-school partnerships during this critical period of change were explored over the course of three months through multiple semi-structured interviews. The transition …
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The Effect of Interdisciplinary Teaming on the Middle Level School
Finally, inflexibility in school scheduling, the immediacy of paperwork demands, and a lack of common meeting time are functions that influence the nature of collaboration in the school. Most importantly, teacher initiative to overcome deeply ingrained professional norms of privacy and autonomy …
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The curriculum leadership role of middle level leaders in middle schools
This study investigates the work of middle level leaders within middle schools, mostspecifically in the area of curriculum leadership. It includes issues surrounding the fields of middle level leadership in education, curriculum leadership, and middle schooling. Adeliberate attempt was made to …
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A survey of interdisciplinary teaming in Iowa middle level public schools
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Facilitating Middle Level School Change: A Study of a Network's Role
… teachers learn about and begin to practice the middle level components of interdisciplinary teaching teams, advisement and integrated curriculum. The network provided emotional support and increased the teachers' sense of professionalism as they continued to be involved in the network.
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Sustaining and impinging factors on teaching satisfaction of effective middle level teachers
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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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Examining the Relationship Between Personal Characteristics and Effective Practices of Middle Level Teachers
… the personal characteristics of effective middle level teachers along with the relationship of those characteristics and the implementation of middle level core practices. A random sample of 298 Iowa middle level teachers in grades five through nine yielded survey data from five scales: …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF SELECTED FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE MIDDLE-LEVEL TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHOICES
… INVESTIGATION OF SELECTED FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE MIDDLE-LEVEL TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHOICES MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Joyce Killian Professional development is defined as methods to provide teachers with the knowledge and skills to improve instruction and increase student achievement. …
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Factors present during the development of exemplary interdisciplinary teams in middle level schools
… of exemplary interdisciplinary teams in middle level schools, to assess their value in team progress as perceived by teachers, to determine to what degree the results support current theory, and to identify variations in exemplary teams' practices. In this study, an interdisciplinary team …
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Components and issues of an exemplary middle level physical education program: expert opinion
… 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 Delphi questionnaire was employed to obtain consensus from a national panel of sixty experts in the fields of physical …
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THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER MATHEMATICS PREPARATION ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOLS.
… consisted of 30 eighth grade teachers from 10 middle schools in a large southwestern metropolitan school district and their 1,368 students. Student performance was measured by using the student math scores from the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. All variables in the study were tested at the .05 …
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Examining the interaction of academic optimism, enabling school structures, middle level practices, and academic achievement
… study focused on young adolescent development, middle grades education, and the underlying supporting structures that assist students in achieving academically. Results were examined through the lens of Bandura’s social cognitive theory, and a big picture view of the interplay of beliefs, …
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Legislating Social Inclusion: Social Interaction and Perceptions of Middle Level Students Toward Those with Disabilities
<p>Recognition of the need for students with disabilities to receive free and appropriate education was brought to the forefront with the passage of Public Law 93 – 112, Rehabilitation Act in 1973. In 1975 Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was enacted requiring all …
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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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Literacy Intervention at the Middle Level: A Mixed-Methods Examination of the Implementation of Thinking Maps
… gains in student achievement across grade levels and content areas, with large effect sizes observed in most comparisons. Qualitative findings revealed improvements in students’ comprehension, organization, and synthesis of information, as well as increased student engagement and …
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Teachers' perceptions of their working environment in departmental and interdisciplinary teaming organization in middle level schools
The purpose of this study was to compare middle level teachers' perception of their working environment under two different organizational structures: departmental (DEP) and Interdisciplinary Teaming Organization (ITO). In addition within the ITO schools, this study compared the working environment …
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Perceived Leader Authenticity as an Effective Indicator of Perceived Instructional Leadership Behavior in Middle Level Principals
… perceived instructional leadership behaviors of middle-level principals.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> This ex post facto study obtained data from three groups--supervisors, principals, and teachers--via their responses to two questionnaires: the Leader Authenticity Scale and the Principal …
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An assessment of in-service training of middle level employee's effectiveness in Manica in the Erongo region
… the effectiveness of in-service training of middle level employee effectiveness in MANICA in the Erongo Region. The study was guided by four main objectives: (I) to assessing the level of performance of employee after having successfully completed in-service training programmes at their …
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