Middle
Grades Research Journal, 5 (2).
Although the Middle
Grades Research Journal is not an official publication of the SIG, in our collaboration with IAP, members can get a reduced rate of $ 50 for a yearly subscription.
-- Dr. Vicki Schmitt, Middle
Grades Research Journal, Fall 2011
Summary findings from the Fall 2011 issue of the Middle
Grades Research Journal dedicated to examining the effectiveness of the Developmental Designs approach.
In a few short years, middle schoolers would go from Growing Up Forgotten, the title of a 1977 report by the Ford Foundation, to being what David Hough, then director of the Institute for School Improvement at Missouri State University and managing editor of the Middle
Grades Research Journal, described as «studied, researched, and analyzed with a greater degree of exuberance and sophistication than ever before.»
While there is more emphasis on academics at all grade levels today and evidence that the middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle
Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.»
Not exact matches
In addition, scientific
journals continue to push the issue of embryonic stem - cell
research in their editorial and commentary sections, using it as a prime criterion to
grade political candidates.
Access to state - supported early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third
grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new
research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Asso
research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed
journal of the American Educational
Research Asso
Research Association.
The study, published in the current issue of the
journal Nature Communications, could enable scientists to use the enzyme in a plant to make large amounts of fuel -
grade oil, according to Dr. Tim Devarenne, AgriLife
Research biochemist in College Station and lead scientist on the team.
In an article recently published in the
journal Body Image, Hillard and her colleagues, fellow Notre Dame psychology graduate student Rebecca A. Morrissey, and Notre Dame faculty members Dawn M. Gondoli, associate professor of psychology, and Alexandra F. Corning,
research associate professor of psychology, reported on results from their study of a representative group of sixth - through eighth -
grade girls and their mothers.
Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest
grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact
research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the
research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact
journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.
American Educational
Research Journal, December 2015 In the first analysis to investigate claims of alignment in the context of fourth -
grade mathematics using tools capable of estimating the alignment of curriculum materials with the standards, results indicate areas of misalignment; including that the textbooks studied systematically overemphasize procedures and memorization relative to the standards, among other weaknesses.
Effective practices for English language learners in the middle
grades: Introduction to the Special Issue of
Journal of
Research on Educational Effectiveness.
A study, published in the
Journal of
Research in Science Teaching tested the effects of an integrated science and literacy approach in 94 fourth -
grade (Year 5) classrooms in one US Southern state.
Adjunct faculty professionals perform typical duties of an educator; they plan lessons,
grade papers, perform
research activities and even write papers that are eventually published in educational
journals or... Read More»
Adjunct faculty professionals perform typical duties of an educator; they plan lessons,
grade papers, perform
research activities and even write papers that are eventually published in educational
journals or websites.
An award - winning, peer - reviewed
journal that combines
research and practice, Young Children supports educational excellence and focuses on meeting the needs of all children, birth through third
grade.
TY - JOUR AU - 박원모 AU - 김미선 AU - Cheon Seong - Moon TI - The Relationship of Parents» Marital Conflicts Perceived by Elementary School Students, Parent - Child Communication and Depression T2 - Korea
Journal of Counseling PY - 2008 VL - 9 IS - 3 PB - Korean Counseling Association (KCA) SP - 1215 - 1229 SN - 1598 - 2068 AB - The purpose of this study was to
research the relationship of parents» marital conflicts perceived by the 6th
grade, parent - child communication and depression.