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Ji Hye Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The expansion and universalization of educational opportunities in many parts of the world raised expectations that education inequality could be alleviated. Contrary to expectations, however, empirical evidence on educational inequality has been revealed. This is because qualitative differentiation of education programs at a certain level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Transitional Programs, Middle School Students
Rappa, Kelly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The transition to middle school is often associated with negative effects on academic achievement, motivation, self-esteem, and psychological well-being. Educators at a Grade 6 through 8 middle school in the northeastern United States observed students struggle with the adjustment to middle school. Research suggests that developmentally responsive…
Descriptors: Well Being, Self Esteem, Social Support Groups, Social Change
Ding, Cody S. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
This study examines the baseline change profiles of academic performance (math and English) trajectories during the high school transition for the students who went from middle school to high school. Using multidimensional scaling growth profile analysis, we identified a no-change group plus 4 other groups with different change profile types: 1…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Multidimensional Scaling, Middle Schools, Transitional Programs
Adams, Caralee – Instructor, 2008
Middle school, which is generally thought of as sixth to eighth grades, is not easy for anybody. It is a rough time to be a student, and a tough age to teach. Teachers are expected to ease the transition of students from elementary to middle school. However, if you are an elementary teacher, you may not know what kids will be facing in middle…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Middle Schools, Field Experience Programs, Teacher Education
Holler, Edward W. – Principal Leadership, 2008
Rising middle level students face many new situations when they enter middle school. Stress is not uncommon for new students in any grade, but it is most acute during middle level years when students are dealing with the rapidly changing physical characteristics and emotions associated with early adolescence. The community of adults at a middle…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Summer Programs, School Orientation, Early Adolescents
Allen, Korrie; Akinyanju, Kim; Milliken, Tammi; Lorek, Edward; Walker, Tamu Thomas – Middle School Journal (J3), 2011
School systems often implement character education initiatives in reaction to a violent event. Following the school shootings that occurred in the 1990s, many school systems started to implement character education and violence prevention programs. Unfortunately, because the efforts were reactive, little thought was given to sustainability…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Prosocial Behavior, Prevention
EdSource, 2010
This appendix accompanies "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better. A Large-Scale Study of Middle Grades Practices and Student Outcomes. Initial Research Report." This appendix contains the full bibliography of all research and policy documents consulted during the development of the ten research domains and three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Educational Policy, Research Design
Benner, Aprile D.; Graham, Sandra – Child Development, 2009
The high school transition was examined in an ethnically diverse, urban sample of 1,979 adolescents, followed from 7th to 10th grade (M[subscript age] = 14.6, SD = 0.37 in 7th grade). Twice annually, data were gathered on adolescents' perceptions of school climate, psychological functioning, and academic behaviors. Piecewise growth modeling…
Descriptors: High Schools, Middle Schools, Racial Differences, African American Students
Kokolis, Luanne L. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2007
There are those in the school community who believe that the anxious feelings and heightened sense of anxiety experienced by sixth graders as they transition from elementary to junior high school constitute a rite of passage. Teachers and school administrators in the Indiana Area Junior High School in Pennsylvania believed differently. During the…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 6, Educational Environment, Junior High Schools
EdSource, 2010
This paper presents the research and methodology and analyses used for the "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades" research. This appendix contains the following sections: (1) Overview; (2) Constructing the Survey Data File; (3) Constructing Composite Independent Variables (Subdomains); (4) Constructing Longitudinal Outcome Variables; (5)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Longitudinal Studies, Research Methodology
EdSource, 2010
This appendix accompanies "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better. A Large-Scale Study of Middle Grades Practices and Student Outcomes. Initial Research Report." This appendix focuses on the findings and domain comparisons of the study. This appendix contains the following: (1) Decision Rules; (2) Full Set of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Surveys, Middle Schools, Grade 6
EdSource, 2010
This study contributes to the field by identifying a broad range of traditional and newer middle grade policies and practices, and determining in California which of these differentiate higher- from lower-performing schools serving similar student populations, with performance measured by the state's standards-based tests. Based on a sample of 303…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Cooperative Planning, Mathematics Teachers
EdSource, 2010
In the 2008-09 school year researchers from EdSource and Stanford University conducted a large-scale study of 303 middle grades schools in California. The team surveyed 303 principals, 3,752 English Language Arts (ELA) and math teachers in grades 6-8, and 157 superintendents of the districts and charter management organizations that oversee the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Cooperative Planning, Mathematics Teachers
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education