Smooth the transition to middle school with a focus on executive function skills Increased homework demands. Multiple classes with varied grading systems and discrete homework policies. Intensified extracurricular commitments. These are just a few of the ways middle school tests students’ ability to manage tasks, otherwise known as their executive function skills. Many experts refer
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STEM starts with the end in mind By the time students transition to high school, the disparity between girls’ and boys’ interest in STEM is already evident. Three decades of research show that an average of 15.7% of freshman girls express interest in STEM careers in comparison to 39.5% of their male peers. With 75%
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Activities that bring perspective, invite empathy, and build social skills “I can’t believe what happened,” Janine* said. Her daughter Greta’s best friend overheard two girls calling her a stuck-up loser, so she secretly videotaped their conversation and texted Greta the evidence. Janine was bewildered. “How could her friend think this was a good idea?” she
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The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) has set forth its vision of the educational program needed to provide a fully effective program for young adolescents in This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (National Middle School Association [NMSA], 2010). This paper is a supplement to that foundational document and to AMLE’s position paper focused on
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The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) has set forth its vision of the educational program needed to provide a fully effective program for young adolescents in This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (National Middle School Association [NMSA], 2010)). This paper is a supplement to that foundational document focusing on the critical areas of curriculum,
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Increasing student success and support in the transition from middle to high schoo Change can be challenging for adolescents, especially given the fact that young people between the ages of 10 and 15 undergo extreme personal developments. Their patterns of thinking, physical maturation, and desire for peer acceptance contribute to these rapid developments, making holistic
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