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Delaney, Carol J.; Shafer, Francie Keller – Middle School Journal (J3), 2007
In this age of teacher accountability and high-stakes testing, practicing middle school teachers face many complex issues. Because adolescents must deal with the challenges of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual change, they are considered the most diverse population in the public school system. One way to increase achievement and…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Class Activities
Waters, Melia; Straits, William – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2008
This article presents an activity in which students pool their knowledge and creativity to make a song presenting what they have learned in a unit on the rock cycle. This highly motivating, integrated performance assessment incorporates multiple intelligences, reinforces learning, and is a student favorite in the elementary and middle grades.
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Singing, Performance Based Assessment, Earth Science
Krey, DeAn M. – 1998
This guide enables teachers to select current children's books incorporating one or more of the 10 thematic strands of social studies (culture; time, continuity, and change; people, places and environments; individual development and identity; individuals, groups, and institutions; power, authority, and governance; production, distribution, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Learning Activities

Strahan, David; And Others – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Analyzed two sixth-grade teachers' efforts to improve their instruction. Subjects were 129 students. Theories of multiple intelligences were practiced in two essential ways, specifically, by encouraging students to understand the way they learn, and by generating a variety of instructional activities. Results showed that there were gains in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades

Brodhagen, Barbara L. – Middle School Journal, 1998
Presents several strategies used by teachers committed to providing varied teaching and learning approaches in the middle school; strategies include learning inventories; question posing by young adolescents; projects; and interactive and reflective learning by students. Also discusses the need for professional development for teachers who are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Individual Differences
Leopold, Marjorie – 1999
This program is a self-guided professional development experience that explains how to use multiple intelligences (MI) theory to improve teaching, learning, and achievement in middle and high school classrooms. The program consists of one manual and six VHS videos, each of which corresponds to one of the six modules listed in the table of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Theories, Faculty Development, High Schools

Lane, Charlotte; Marquardt, Jeff; Meyer, Mary Ann; Murray, Wren – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated a method to improve student motivation and academic achievement. The targeted population consisted of seventh and eighth graders from a middle school in a small midwestern community. Motivational problems were documented by means of academic grades, homework contract referrals to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Goal Orientation