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ERIC Number: EJ454359
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0094-0771
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The Transition to Middle Level Schools: Making It a Good Experience for All Students.
Midgley, Carol; Urdan, Tim
Middle School Journal, v24 n2 p5-14 Nov 1992
Describes approaches for solving the problem of students' declining motivation and performance when they move to middle-level schools. Urges educators to examine school policies, practices, and procedures, and to make changes that will make it very clear to students that effort, challenge, improvement, and mastery are the goals of schooling. (16 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Environment, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Motivation, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Peer Influence, School Restructuring, Student Attitudes, Transitional Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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