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Gaines, Cherie Barnett, Ed.; Hutson, Kristy M., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Declining academic performance, along with a growing apathy of students toward the value of education, demonstrates that students in the United States public education system do not recognize the value of a positive experience in middle schools. A plethora of research and writing has been done on elementary schools and secondary schools, but…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Success, Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods

Cahn, Lorynne D. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Many learning disabled adolescent students can have a successful college experience if a school follows appropriate guidelines for counseling such students. The guidelines include establishing objective criteria for students' college abilities and needs, continuing to evaluate learning problems, and researching available college programs. (CJH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, College Preparation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Black, Susan – Executive Educator, 1995
The whole middle school movement is based on the knowledge that children between the ages of 10 and 14 have special developmental needs. Summarizes recent research findings. A sidebar lists eight recommendations for middle school executives adapted from the Carnegie Corporation document "Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Early Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools

Tolstykh, Aleksandr Valentinovich – Russian Education and Society, 1992
Examines the variety of informal groups of adolescents that exist throughout Russia today. Categorizes these groups according to their beliefs and behavior. Maintains that the situation of Russian young people today is a disaster zone. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Delinquency, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Programs and Evaluation Div. – 1987
This document was developed to provide principals and teachers with an understanding of the concept and process of student transition to secondary school and to suggest creative ways which teachers have found that will enable educators to facilitate students' transition into and through some of the early secondary grades. The monograph is…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Class Activities, Foreign Countries
Bergmann, Sherrel; Rudman, Gerald J. – 1985
Early adolescence is a time when students require adult assistance to become accurate and effective decision makers and problem solvers. Because of the fragmented nature of society, the family structure, and the schooling process, schools need to establish a nonthreatening environment in which students can discuss the issues related to growing up.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Decision Making
Nicholson, Heather Johnston; And Others – 1992
This document discusses the question of gender in youth development programs, those structured activities and opportunities sponsored by organizations other than schools and offered outside of school hours. Many of these organizations offer programs for people of all ages but the clear focus of this paper is early adolescence, about ages 10 to 15.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Ethnic Discrimination, Females
Lumsden, Linda S. – OSSC Bulletin, 1990
Challenges inherent in providing AIDS/HIV education programs to reduce student involvement in behaviors that place them at risk are examined in this bulletin. Chapter 1 highlights some of the limitations of many existing programs and offers strategies for strengthening educational efforts. Chapter 2 explores some of the factors that affect whether…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Development, At Risk Persons, Disease Control
Gibbs, John C. – Moral Education Forum, 1994
Argues that effective sociomoral group treatment programs must not only motivate but also remedy the limitations of antisocial youth who would help one another change. Proposes a program with program implementation, outcome evidence, and a plea for program evaluation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders

Petzko, Vicki N.; Clark, Donald C.; Valentine, Jerry W.; Hackmann, Donald G.; Nori, John R.; Lucas, Stephen E. – NASSP Bulletin, 2002
Principals of all 14,107 middle-level schools in the U.S. were invited to participate in the year 2000 online survey. More than 1,400 responded. Responses are compared with previous studies conducted in 1965; 1980, and 1992. Discusses the implications and recommendations for recruiting, initial training, and continuing professional development of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Adolescent Development, Assistant Principals

Dorman, Gayle; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1985
Discusses the necessity for schools to be responsive to the developmental needs of young adolescents in order to develop an effective learning environment. Analyzes the application of the Middle Grades Assessment Program to this effort, as exemplified in the case of the Francisco Middle School in San Francisco, California. (PGD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Environment

Maqsud, Muhammad – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on a study of 120 (60 boys, 60 girls) middle school students in Bophuthatswana on the relation of academic achievement to self-concept and locus of control. Finds that measures of extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism are related negatively to school achievement. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Educational Policy and Management. – 1983
This guide for middle school administrators is built upon the concept of administrators training one another using scripted workshop materials. Written to be read aloud and adapted for individual use, the guide provides information for development of effective middle school programs. This workshop material is organized into six sections.…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Adolescent Development, Educational Environment
Brion-Meisels, Steven; And Others – 1982
This teacher's manual is one volume of a six volume curriculum for the secondary level, designed to provide a systematic, group-oriented approach to decision-making in areas crucial to adolescent development: work, drug (substance) use and abuse, sexuality and social relationships, juvenile law, and people and government. The manual is divided…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking
Urdan, Tim, Ed.; Pajares, Frank, Ed. – 2001
Noting that the period of adolescence, and the expectations of society for adolescents, have grown and changed dramatically over the last century, this book compiles chapters from leading scholars in a variety of fields related to education to provide a broad overview of several of the most pressing concerns regarding the education of adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Dropouts, Early Parenthood, Educational Change
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