Author: Patricia Jo AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Junior high schools
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Junior High School/middle School Distinctions
Author: Patricia Jo AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Junior high schools
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The War Against Excellence
Author: Cheri Pierson YeckePublisher: R&L Education
ISBN: 1461655153
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Here, veteran teacher Cheri Pierson Yecke details the chronological history of the middle school movement in the U. S. by tracing its evolution from academically-oriented junior high schools to the dissolution of academics in the middle schools of the late 1980s and beyond. In this book, evidence is presented to show how leaders of this movement designed to use the middle school as a vehicle to promote non-academic goals, contrary to the desires of parents and the community. Favored instructional practices—such as the elimination of ability grouping and the rise in cooperative learning and peer tutoring—have produced coerced egalitarianism, where education performance is equalized by bringing the achievement of gifted and high ability students down to the level of mediocrity. The War against Excellence examines the impact of: ·The reduction of academic expectations ·Widespread elimination of ability grouping Features include: ·Examples of how favored middle school instructional practices have been implemented in other countries, and ·An analysis on the implications of these changes for the future of our country The influence of these changes has seriously crippled our middle schools in their obligation to provide a solid academic foundation for all students. Yecke provides research-based information that will appeal to parents and educators who want to confront problems with specific instructional practices and improve public education.
The Middle School Distinction
Author: Louis G. RomanoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Exploration into the development and purpose of middle schools.
This We Believe
Author: National Middle School AssociationPublisher: National Middle School Assn
ISBN: 9781560902324
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Why the Junior High/middle School?
Author: Clifford H. SweatPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Metaphors & Analogies
Author: Rick WormeliPublisher: Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN: 1571107584
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Metaphors show students how to make connections between the concrete and the abstract, prior knowledge and unfamiliar concepts, and language and image. But teachers must learn how to use metaphors and analogies strategically and for specific purposes, helping students discover and deconstruct effective comparisons. Metaphors & Analogies is filled with provocative illustrations of metaphors in action and practical tips.
Focus on the Wonder Years
Author: Jaana JuvonenPublisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833036157
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Young teens undergo multiple changes that seem to set them apart from other students. But do middle schools actually meet their special needs? The authors describe some of the challenges and offer ways to tackle them, such as reassessing the organization of grades K-12; specifically assisting the students most in need; finding ways to prevent disciplinary problems; and helping parents understand how they can help their children learn at home.
The Junior High and Middle School: Issues and Practices
Author: Alvin W. HowardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Algebra 2
Author: Publisher: McDougal Littel
ISBN: 9780618195695
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : es
Pages : 202
Book Description
Early Adolescence
Author: National Science Foundation (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description