Sentences with phrase «middle school adolescents»

Discrimination also is associated longitudinally with externalizing problems among Latino middle school adolescents (Berkel et al. 2010) and delinquency among both Asian and Latino middle school adolescents (Le and Stockdale 2011).

Seeing advertisements for medical marijuana was related to middle school adolescents» intentions to use marijuana and their actual marijuana use one year later.

Not exact matches

Analyzing the responses of 2,793 adolescents at 20 public middle and high schools in the Minneapolis / St.

The researchers studied nearly 2,800 adolescents (both boys and girls) from 20 different middle schools and high schools.

During my adolescent and teenage years I played on the middle school basketball team, but chose to go the musical route in high school and opted for band (both marching and concert band).

Parental social coaching promotes adolescent peer acceptance across the middle school transition.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — Thomas Middle School nurse Kathleen Haaker has seen enough early morning stomach aches, headaches and dizzy spells to know she always needs a stash of graham crackers and orange juice to get her adolescent pupils perked up and ready for classes.

Bullying occurs more often in the middle school and early teen years because kids are transitioning from being a child to an adolescent.

We will also be looking at supports from Positive Discipline for Teenagers and adolescent development to support Middle School educators.

The normal feelings and behaviors of the middle school and early high school adolescent are described below.

Just what should our early adolescent / middle school kids be able to do on their own?

Neighborhood middle schools are too big or specialized, parents said — and they don't feel comfortable sending their adolescents Downtown by themselves.

It's no secret to anyone who has spent time in city schools, had an adolescent or been one that middle school is where things begin to go awry for many students.

The study, published in the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, measured the impact of polyvictimization — exposure to multiple forms of victimization — on school climate at the middle and high school levels.

Transition to middle school is a crucial stage in adolescent development.

It wasn't until the early - to mid-20th century that middle schools (grades 6 to 8) and junior high schools (grades 7 to 9) emerged to meet the unique academic and social needs of early adolescents.

The researchers said their study indicates that middle grade schools are neither the problem nor the solution but instead that schools serving early adolescents could be strengthened.

The current study sought to understand the impact of school type — middle school, junior high school, or K - 8 school — on the range of early adolescent outcomes that matter for success in high school and beyond.

Owens believes her data support later start times for middle school and high school, to match the natural shift in adolescents» circadian pattern toward the eveningness chronotype.

Even the most accomplished, confident or beautiful woman can regress to the point of feeling like a pimple - faced, awkward adolescent at a middle school dance.

Smile tells the story of Raina, as she handles the many stresses of being an adolescent like fitting in, friendships, middle school, younger sisters, and just being you.

An Incomplete Education: Trained for the elementary or high school grades, middle school teachers often lack knowledge about subject matter and young adolescents.

Ippolito is a third year doctoral student interested in adolescent literacy and middle school literacy reform.

[7] And there exists some case study evidence from Wake County, NC, which changed middle school busing schedules, suggesting that later start times for adolescents improves test scores.

Editor Michael Sadowski writes, «Amid the fast - paced, day - to - day world of schools, it is all too easy to lose sight of the fact that adolescents are what middle and high school education is all about.

States and school districts across the country are reevaluating the practice of educating young adolescents in stand - alone middle schools, which typically span grades 6 through 8 or 5 through 8, rather than keeping them in K — 8 schools.

«To be effective,» says Hill, a leading scholar on parenting and adolescent achievement, «parents» strategies for staying involved in their children's education need to keep pace with the developmental changes that happen in the middle school years.

The middle - school movement sought to place adolescents in environments that would be sensitive to their developmental needs and, in contrast to traditional junior high schools, would focus on «teaching the child, not the subject.»

In describing middle schools as ineffective without addressing the variability represented among schools with those two words on the sign out front, the authors use a broad brush — some would argue a bucket of mud — to splatter aspersions on every school that educates young adolescents within a distinct structure.

On the other side of the country, Snow has been working with middle schools in Boston to improve adolescent literacy.

Cushman's previous books include the best - selling «Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students» and its sequel, «Fires in the Middle School Bathroom,» coauthored with adolescent psychologist Laura Rogers.

«Not Much, Just Chillin»,» a Window on Middle School Life Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein spent a year following five Maryland middle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesMiddle School Life Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein spent a year following five Maryland middle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesSchool Life Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein spent a year following five Maryland middle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesmiddle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesschool students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolescents.

Providing young adolescents with activities that relate directly to their transition into high school certainly is important; however, providing young adolescents with a challenging and supportive middle school experience is an equally important factor in their making a successful transition into high school (Belcher & Hatley, 1994; Mizelle, 1995; Oates, Flores, & Weishew, 1998).

Some communities have found that middle schools full of hormone - drenched adolescents are neither tranquil nor productive.

The Association for Middle Level Education position paper, This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (2010), has an overarching framework of four essential attributes that connect with the 16 characteristics of successful middle grades scMiddle Level Education position paper, This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (2010), has an overarching framework of four essential attributes that connect with the 16 characteristics of successful middle grades scmiddle grades schools.

Middle schools were supposed to dramatically improve learning out comes by freeing early adolescents from the dragging academic «anchor» of elementary school, but protect this fragile period from the blacktop «jungle» of high school, allowing for a running start into high school.

This study examined the efficacy of a supplemental, multicomponent adolescent reading intervention for middle school students who scored below proficient on a state literacy assessment.

Dr. Harrison is a former middle school mathematics teacher in Brooklyn, NY and is really passionate about young adolescents.

«These statistics about young adolescents» poor academic performance suggest that many middle - grades schools are failing to enable the majority of their students to achieve at anywhere near adequate levels,» noted the Phi Delta Kappan editors.

Most middle - level schools must dramatically change their structure and curriculum if they are to meet the needs of young adolescents, says a report released here last week by the National Middle School Associmiddle - level schools must dramatically change their structure and curriculum if they are to meet the needs of young adolescents, says a report released here last week by the National Middle School AssociMiddle School Association.

But, in fact, many teachers across the country are reading to students in middle and high schools, too, and some education researchers say more teachers of adolescents ought to be using the same strategy.

One of her latest projects tackles the problem of adolescent literacy, not solely through dry survey data or statistical analyses, but also by studying middle school classrooms in the Boston Public Schools.

The size and persistence of the effect of entering a middle school, however, suggests that such transitions are particularly damaging for adolescent students or that middle schools provide lower - quality education than K — 8 schools provide for students at the same point in their education.

Middle school educators stress development of school environments in which early adolescents can belong to a nurturing group and have consistent access to adults who know and care about them (George & Shewey, 1994).

Our mission at Meadowview Middle School continues to be one that delivers a challenging core academic curriculum aligned to ACT College and Career Readiness Skills for the diverse needs of each student, while providing opportunities for the adolescent learner to participate and explore in a wide range of exploratory courses and to participate in extra-curricular activities.

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The staff at Meadowview Middle School recognizes and understands the unique needs of the adolescent learning.

Second, few educators of the gifted would argue with the core tenets set forth in Turning Points (Carnegie Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents, 1989) that middle school programs should: (1) create small communities of learning within larger school settings, (2) teach a solid academic core, (3) ensure success for all students, (4) enable educators closest to students to make important decisions about teaching and learning, (5) staff middle schools with teachers trained to work effectively with early adolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with cAdolescents, 1989) that middle school programs should: (1) create small communities of learning within larger school settings, (2) teach a solid academic core, (3) ensure success for all students, (4) enable educators closest to students to make important decisions about teaching and learning, (5) staff middle schools with teachers trained to work effectively with early adolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with cadolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with communities.

Wang is endorsed in Middle School Social Sciences, Language Arts, and Math, strives to find meaningful and relevant ways to challenge adolescents in the classroom.