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Daihu Yang; Guilan Zhu; Taofen Guo; Minghui Zhou; Yan Zhang; Ming Geng; Xiaozhong Cheng – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: This study examined children's representations of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as well as their pandemic experiences against the backdrop of the world having transitioned to normalcy. Design: Mixed-methods approach encompassing both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Setting: Two middle schools in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Middle School Students
Rosen, Jeffrey A.; Hudson, Kesha; Rotermund, Susan; Roberts, Cheryl; Mackey, Anna-Lisa – RTI International, 2022
This article focuses attention on a critical need for more evidence-based social emotional learning (SEL) programs for middle school students. First, we explore the definition of SEL, pointing out how it has evolved as our world has changed. We review key SEL domains and skills and describe universal school-based SEL programming as one approach to…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Evidence Based Practice, Middle School Students, Program Effectiveness
Steven B. Mertens; Micki M. Caskey – Middle Grades Review, 2024
Young adolescents undergo rapid physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and sexual development, including puberty, sexual awareness, gender identity, physiological brain and cognitive growth, complex emotions, and impulse control. Tragically, thousands of adolescents die daily from mostly preventable causes such as violence, sexual health problems…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Risk Assessment, At Risk Persons
Hinchcliff, Elizabeth B.; Newberry, Melissa A. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Previous research has suggested that emotional and social developmental domains configure most prominently for adolescents in the classroom. In this qualitative study, we first aimed to explore teachers' perspectives of students' needs, then to explore the ways that teachers came to understand those needs, and how that understanding informed their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Student Needs
Crosby, Shantel D.; Howell, Penny; Thomas, Shelley – Middle School Journal, 2018
Students in the middle grades experience tremendous development in various domains. However, childhood trauma can significantly impede this development, further exacerbating the functioning of our most vulnerable student populations. This article aims to describe the use of trauma-informed teaching as a form of middle-level, social justice…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Trauma, Middle School Students, Classroom Techniques
Jansen, Katie; Kiefer, Sarah M. – Middle School Journal, 2020
Effective educators value young adolescents, are prepared to teach them, and are knowledgeable about this age group. Middle level educators' understanding of adolescent brain development and developmentally responsive teaching strategies can help to support all adolescents' cognitive and social-emotional development in school. This article…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Cognitive Development, Social Development
Neth, Erin L.; Caldarella, Paul; Richardson, Michael J.; Heath, Melissa A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2020
Adolescence can be a particularly difficult time for youth as they experience the physical, social, and academic changes that accompany maturation. One of the most critical challenges for schools is teaching adolescent students positive social and emotional skills, which are crucial for them to succeed academically and emotionally. "Strong…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Middle School Teachers, Behavior Problems
Beland, Kathy – Journal of Character Education, 2014
Mitigating the perils of transition to early adolescence, while also supporting the promise of this stage of human development, has been a major focus of middle school reform (Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, 1989; Jackson & Davis, 2000). As a result, there are many classroom-based educational programs that target the social and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Social Development, Emotional Development, Educational Change
Edwards, Susan – Middle School Journal, 2015
What is active learning and what does it look like in the classroom? If students are participating in active learning, they are playing a more engaged role in the learning process and are not overly reliant on the teacher (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 2003; Petress, 2008). The purpose of this article is to propose a framework to describe and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Middle School Students, Planning, Middle School Teachers
Roaten, Gail K.; Roaten, David J. – Journal of School Counseling, 2012
Brain growth and change is a key factor in adolescent development, influencing cognitions, emotions, and behavior. As technology has improved, so has the research on the adolescent brain. School counselors working with adolescents need to be familiar with recent literature to be more effective in their work with middle and high school students.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Brain, Counseling Services, School Counselors
Glasser, Howard M. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2012
Although middle school is a critical time in adolescents' development, little is known about how that development is affected by public single-sex classes even though recent federal policy decisions have led more schools to provide these offerings. This case study used ethnographic methods to explore ways teachers, students, and courses in one…
Descriptors: Females, Single Sex Classes, Ethnography, Males
Kingsley-Scott, Janis – ProQuest LLC, 2012
School psychologists are becoming more and more involved in helping our youth to learn better coping strategies, decision making skills, and develop tolerance with others. According to Elias (2002), school psychologists are valuable resources for early adolescents to learn skills necessary to avoid high-risk behaviors, including alcohol and drug…
Descriptors: School Activities, School Psychologists, Early Adolescents, At Risk Persons
Drolet, Marie; Arcand, Isabelle – International Education Studies, 2013
Trusting relationships at school and within other social networks emerge as protective factors that are crucial to the positive development of early adolescents. School is one of the critical environments where they can develop a sense of belonging. This study involved 20 qualitative interviews with school staff and youth workers recruited from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Grade 7
Afterschool Alliance, 2011
The Afterschool Alliance, in partnership with MetLife Foundation, is proud to present the third in a series of four issue briefs examining critical issues facing middle school youth and the vital role afterschool programs play in addressing these issues. This brief focuses on service-learning opportunities for middle schoolers. Pairing service…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Service Learning, After School Programs, Middle School Students
Akiba, Motoko; Shimizu, Kazuhiko; Zhuang, Yue-Lin – Comparative Education Review, 2010
Since the 1980s, school bullying--"Ijime"--has been a major concern of educational policy in Japan. In Japanese schools, homeroom teachers provide guidance for students' psychological and social development, in addition to academic development. Homeroom teachers spend significant time counseling students, visiting their families, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Bullying, Foreign Countries, Guidance
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