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 ...

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 ...

Many of the titles on contemporary middle school reading lists across the country fail to appeal to the interests of today’s adolescents. Oftentimes, this shortfall negatively affects students’ attitudes toward reading and ...

Education has long been known as the “great equalizer.” However, all students have different needs; therefore, to provide a true opportunity for equalization, some students need more support in the classroom and at home. ...

There is a problem in education today and it has to do with athletic programs. In many schools sports programs are being cut, and of the schools that do offer sports, the costs associated with joining is more than many ...

By the early 1980s it was clear that the education of students in the United States was falling behind most other developed countries especially in math and science. This resulted in a significant shift from the “traditional” ...

Currently, there is ongoing research centered on the importance of engaging the brain through exercise in the classroom. This new and innovative way of incorporating movement in the classroom is called Brain Gym and it ...

Since the introduction of the interactive white boards to classrooms across the United States, very little research has been done on the effects of this technology on student learning and on the learning experience. These ...

The research done in this paper seeks to determine a more effective way of teaching spelling than the current “traditional” method, which consists of handing out a list of words on Monday that are tested on Friday and ...