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Download full textEllerbrock, Cheryl R.; Main, Katherine; Falbe, Kristina N.; Franz, Dana Pomykal – Education Sciences, 2018
The middle school concept, aimed at creating a more developmentally responsive learning environment for young adolescents, gained a stronghold in the later part of the 20th century. Proponents of this concept have argued continually for the holistic implementation of its six key characteristics if its benefits are to be realized. These…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
Peer reviewedLapkin, Sharon; Harley, Birgit; Hart, Doug – Learning Languages, 1997
Summarizes a study on block scheduling for second-language programs among Canadian middle school students. Results show that students studying French on a block schedule (e.g., one-half day instruction over a 10-week period) performed better on standardized tests than did control students who received standard 40-minute per day French instruction.…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, French
Whitman, Nancy C. – 1999
This paper discusses practices, issues, and trends in Japanese middle school education that have bearing on U.S. education, grouping them into four categories. Section 1, "School Reform," discusses central control of education, opportunities for student creativity, improved teacher education, and the examination system. Section 2,…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum, Educational Change
