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Downes, John M.; Bishop, Penny A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2015
The number of middle level schools adopting 1:1 laptop programs has increased considerably during the past decade (e.g., Lowther, Strahl, Inan, & Bates, 2007; Storz & Hoffman, 2013; Texas Center for Educational Research, 2009). The cornerstone practices of the middle school concept (National Middle School Association, 2010), therefore,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers
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Weilbacher, Gary; Lanier, Jill – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
In this qualitative study, the authors examine the advisory program of a Horizon Schools to Watch middle grades school. Horizon Schools to Watch is the Illinois affiliate of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle School Reform national Schools to Watch (STW) program, meaning schools with the STW designation have made significant inroads in…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Program Implementation, Advocacy, Homogeneous Grouping
Hoffman, Tina D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A critical psychology perspective (Prilleltensky and Nelson, 2002) advocates for research that focuses on social change, the mutual participation of community stakeholders, and the empowerment of those served. The current study applies this critical psychology perspective to career education programming in a multiculturally diverse rural high…
Descriptors: Career Education, Rural Schools, Middle School Students, Case Studies
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Nese, Rhonda N. T.; Horner, Robert H.; Dickey, Celeste Rossetto; Stiller, Brianna; Tomlanovich, Anne – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
A nonconcurrent multiple baseline across 3 middle schools was used to assess the impact that teaching all students to follow the" Bullying and Harassment Prevention in Positive Behavior Support: Expect Respect" intervention had on bullying behaviors. The 3 schools were using School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Middle School Students, Prevention, Behavior Modification
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Crompton, Helen; Keane, Julie – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2012
The purpose of this study is to investigate the implementation of a whole school one-to-one iPod Touch project in a middle school in the southeastern United States. While some focused studies have been undertaken in this new field of learning, there has been little research to date that documents activity within a whole school implementation…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Formative Evaluation, Focus Groups, Handheld Devices
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McDaniel, Sara C.; Duchaine, Ellen L.; Jolivette, Kristine – Education and Treatment of Children, 2010
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) experience deficits in social, behavioral, and academic areas. Of great importance in the academic area is reading achievement. Students with E/BD who struggle with reading tend to have negative in-school and post-school outcomes. Due to the severity of potential outcomes, it is essential to…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Corrective Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement