Critical thinking is a skill few utilize in today’s society. This study seeks to determine how middle school teachers define critical thinking and how they believe they teach it in the classroom. A qualitative case study ...

At some point during adolescence, children become increasingly affected by any number of factors that diminish the innate learning drive. The consequence is that many high school-aged children lose interest in learning, ...

During secondary education, students are encouraged to pursue a variety of pathways within the post-secondary environment, but most often the pressure is to attend university. The following investigation was centered on ...

The present study examined the perception of 6th grade students towards the transition to junior high school. The study was specifically concerned with whether students generally viewed this transition as desirable or ...

There is a belief within the school system that there comes an age in which time for recess is no longer necessary for school children. Yet I question the assumption that middle school students do not have needs similar ...

Today’s generation of students are dealing with a complexity during school. They are so accustomed to receiving instant results, multitasking and constant entertainment that I fear there may be a gap between their ideal ...

The problem faced in many middle schools throughout the country is that the students with disadvantages get left behind. The goal of the national AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) program is to assist students ...

This research sought to inform the question: which type of notetaking method, Cornell, fill-in-the-blank, or student choice, will lead to better test results for middle school students? Which method will students prefer? ...

Students as young as 10 years old face pressure from the Department of Defense (DoD), which wants to shape young people’s opinions toward a pro-military, pro-war bias. The DoD studies learners’ opinions and uses digital ...

Is interdisciplinary teaching the answer to the call for schools to improve standardized test scores? As teachers continually search for the best ways to impart knowledge and wisdom to their students in traditional classroom ...