EJ436976 UD516218
Title: Responsive Practices in the Middle Grades: Teacher Teams, Advisory
Groups, Remedial Instruction, and School Transition Programs.Author(s): Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Epstein, Joyce L.
Source: American Journal of Education, v99 n4 p587-622 Aug 1991
Publication Date: 1991
Notes: Theme issue with title "Development and Education across Adolescence."
ISSN: 0195-6744
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1992
Responses
from a national survey (Education in the Middle Grades) from 1,753
principals in schools teaching grade 7 highlight the effects of
the following practices believed to be responsive to adolescent
needs: (1) interdisciplinary teacher teams; (2) group advisory periods;
(3) remedial instruction programs; and (4) school transition programs.
(SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes; *Adolescents; *Advisory Committees;
*Educational Practices; Grade 7; Instructional Effectiveness; Junior
High School Students; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; National
Surveys; Principals; *Remedial Instruction; School Effectiveness;
Student Needs; *Team Teaching; *Transitional Programs
