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LeGeros, Life; Bishop, Penny; Netcoh, Steven; Downes, John – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2022
Over the past decade, personalized learning has emerged as a major aim in the contemporary education systems of many countries. This qualitative case study examined middle school educators' perceptions of how their school's collective experimentation with Genius Hour supported the broader implementation of personalized learning. Teachers in the…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Characteristics of Proficiency-Based Learning and Their Impacts on Math Anxiety in the Middle Grades
Fergus, Sara; Petrick Smith, Carmen – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2022
Math anxiety can have an extraordinary impact on middle level students' ability to learn. However, certain classroom practices may be able to mitigate this impact. In terms of assessment practices, proficiency-based learning, also called competency-based learning or standards-based grading, may help establish a learning environment that either…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Competency Based Education, Middle School Students
Bjorklund-Young, Alanna; Plasman, Jay Stratte – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2020
Over the past 30 years, numerous policies have focused on closing the achievement gap in the United States. Despite this emphasis on mastery and proficiency, students continue to perform below expectations. We use standardized math test performance to explore whether schools have been able to eliminate the achievement gap across middle-level…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents
DeMink-Carthew, Jessica; Olofson, Mark W. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2020
This study investigates the hands-joined learning framework as an approach to personalize and provide instructional scaffolding within project-based learning. The authors include a case description of hands-joined learning in a middle school social studies classroom and critically examine middle school student feedback in relation to two aims: (a)…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Active Learning, Student Projects, Middle School Students
DeMink-Carthew, Jessica; Netcoh, Steven – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2019
While providing choice can be a powerful way to personalize learning for young adolescents, there is also evidence that choice can be challenging for learners. This study investigated middle school students' (N = 72) feelings about making choices in how they learn during a personalized project. Findings include students' self-reported enjoyment…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Preferences, Individualized Instruction
DeMink-Carthew, Jessica; Olofson, Mark W.; LeGeros, Life; Netcoh, Steven; Hennessey, Susan – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2017
This study investigated the goal-setting approaches of 11 middle grades teachers during the first year of their implementation of a statewide, personalized learning initiative. As an increasing number of middle level schools explore personalized learning, there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area. Goal setting is a critical…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Educational Environment, Middle School Students, Individualized Instruction
Downes, John M.; Bishop, Penny A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2015
The number of middle level schools adopting 1:1 laptop programs has increased considerably during the past decade (e.g., Lowther, Strahl, Inan, & Bates, 2007; Storz & Hoffman, 2013; Texas Center for Educational Research, 2009). The cornerstone practices of the middle school concept (National Middle School Association, 2010), therefore,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers
Gale, Jacqueline J.; Bishop, Penny A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2014
Findings from research studies suggest that school leadership accounts for fully one quarter of total school effects on pupils, making it second only to classroom instruction among school-based factors affecting student achievement (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson & Wahlstrom, 2004). While a considerable body of research has analyzed effective…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Language of Instruction, School Administration