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Peer reviewedCesarone, Bernard – Childhood Education, 1997
Highlights selected recent ERIC documents that discuss aspects of program and school effectiveness in middle level education. Provides citations on eight books and five journal articles with abstracts and ordering information. (AA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedMcKnight-Taylor, Mary – Childhood Education, 1997
Discusses the need for reform at the middle school educational level. Suggests that middle schools should create an environment that reflects and responds to young adolescents' needs and developmental level. Effective middle school teachers must adopt new modes of teaching as they face the challenges and opportunities presented by changing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedManning, M. Lee – Childhood Education, 1997
Presents an interview with Dr. John H. Lounsbury, Dean Emeritus at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, and publications editor for the National Middle School Association. Issues discussed include changes in young adolescents' education; the influence of societal changes, educational reform, and technological development in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedHawkins, Mary Louise; Graham, M. Dolores – Childhood Education, 1997
Discusses four principles that can help middle school environments overcome common behavior problems and become places where young adolescents develop responsibility for their learning: (1) foster natural human development; (2) respond to individual needs; (3) avoid artificially imposed classroom order and promote self organization; and (4) value…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Early Adolescents, Educational Change
Peer reviewedOsuch, John – Childhood Education, 1997
Discusses the needs for restructuring the curriculum, instruction and environment of middle schools to better meet the needs of learners and teachers. Suggests that most reform today is moving toward a developmentally appropriate, child-centered approach. Issues under consideration include a definition of developmentally appropriate programs at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Adolescents
