Focus on the wonder years : challenges facing the American middle school /

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 st...

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Tác giả của công ty: Rand Education (Institute)
Tác giả khác: Juvonen, Jaana
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2004.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=105354
Mục lục:
  • Goals, terms, methods, and organization
  • A brief history of the U.S. middle school
  • Core practices of the middle school concept
  • Academic achievement
  • Conditions for student learning
  • Principals
  • Promoting teacher competence through training
  • Parental involvement
  • Whole-school reform models
  • Conclusions and recommendations.