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Bartle, Corey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This participatory action research study addressed questions of pedagogical strategies, motivation, assessment, and student choice surrounding an inquiry approach to teaching and learning in a 7th grade social studies classroom. Teacher and student data were collected over a 6-week inquiry project stemming from and directed by student choice. Data…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Inquiry, Active Learning, Middle School Students
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Strahan, David B.; Layell, Krystal – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2006
In "Turning Points 2000," Jackson and Davis noted that "changes in middle grades practices have least often occurred where they are needed most: in high-poverty urban and rural communities where unacceptably poor student achievement is rampant". Even so, in many struggling schools, some teams have achieved success. Their…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Middle Schools, School Effectiveness, Educational Strategies