Describes several activities a teacher may employ in meeting the individual needs of early adolescent students in a social studies classroom. (Author/RK)

Art must be appreciated by the student as a subject which allows for freedom of self-expression and which provides an opportunity for self-awareness and self-evaluation. Examines the value of number grades for evaluating progress in art by junior high school students and discusses some alternatives to number grades. (Author/RK)

Middle schools attempt to create an environment that is natural for the age level and that does not force pre-adolescents to participate in sophisticated activities. (CK)

The stereotyped, media-perpetuated view of early adolescence as a period of storm and stress is highly destructive. By defining all young adolescents as innately egotistical and rebellious, we risk a self-fulfilling prophecy and we limit their chances to develop as individuals and to assume responsibility. (Author/SJL)

Reports responses of 399 midwestern eighth-graders to a questionnaire consisting of stereotypes concerning women's roles, traits of working men and women, and the masculinity/femininity of 20 common occupations. (SJL)

Because Piaget's developmental stage theory indicates that many junior high students may still be functioning at the "concrete operations" level, the author suggests that middle-school teaching be changed to include more concrete, "hands on" activities. (SJL)

Echoes the recommendation in "An Agenda for Excellence at the Middle Level" that junior high schools and middle schools recognize and accommodate their socially, physically, and mentally diverse populations. (SRT)

All secondary education students should be required to student teach at both the junior and senior high levels. Only in this way will junior high teaching positions attract the best qualified teachers. (CK)

Presents research and opinion on the pros and cons of teaching phonics in the middle school. (SJL)

Discusses Intensive Scheduling as an approach to learning. Describes how educators in the Pocono Mountain School District in Pennsylvania searched for a more effective way to schedule classes. Describes how the junior high administration and teachers piloted a hybrid modified intensive schedule. Presents student opinions about the hybrid model,…

Describes the social and learning environment of middle level schools and criticizes attempts by school reformists to eliminate characteristics of schools that have been successful when used in junior high schools and middle schools. (SRT)

Argues that building respect for the core value of diversity should be a prime motivation and consideration in determining the instructional programs as well as the governance of the classroom and activities of the middle level school. (SRT)

This article described how certain junior high schools in Michigan utilized the micro-mini unit. (Editor/RK)

Presents two lessons that teach students problem-solving behaviors for the classroom. (SR)

Reprints an article originally published in 1920 concerning how to establish a feeling of good will in junior high schools. Lists 19 brief things teachers can do, including always greeting pupils, be as ready to praise virtues as to condemn faults, never lose poise, become acquainted with parents, and assign interesting outside work. (RS)