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Metz, Mary Haywood – American Journal of Education, 1983
In an urban magnet middle school serving mostly minority, poor, and low achieving students, the presence of high levels of interracial interaction and positive student-teacher relationships was attributed to the school's curricular, academic reward, and classroom activity structures, and to a faculty subculture that encouraged teachers to foster…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Institutional Characteristics
Alt, Martha Naomi; Choy, Susan P. – 2000
Prompted by widely held concerns about middle schools' academic rigor and the effectiveness of activities designed to help early adolescents develop in non-academic realms, many middle school educators have renewed efforts to develop curricula and instructional strategies that challenge students academically and expand their intellectual…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques