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Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

Creator:: Hanneman, Kathleen D.
Abstract:: This qualitative study examined organizational change including the necessary steps that a large school district took in planning and implementing a reform effort. This project told a story of one school district's experience. The study covered a five year period from 1990 to 1995 in the 30,000 student Salem-Keizer School...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: School Education, Salem-Keizer Schools, Salem, Oregon 3 3.1 Middle School Improvement Process 1990

Rural educator values in the implementation of drug education : a critical assessment of a crisis moral community

Creator:: Holmes, Donald Clifford
Abstract:: This study examined the values, competencies, and goals of educators related to preventing drug abuse. Its purpose was to develop a new theory to define the crisis moral community among the educators: a theory which linked the primary variables (values, competencies, and goals) in such a way as to reveal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: required by Oregon law, is perceived by rural Oregon middle school teachers as a risk and one they are

Evaluating the impacts of a classroom-based citizen science project on nature connectedness, science identity, and knowledge of curricular material

Creator:: Williams, Katherine A.
Abstract:: Environmental education programs seek to foster an appreciation for the natural world while introducing students to scientific thinking. Citizen science engages non-scientists in the systematic collection and analysis of data. The Betts Forest Landscape Ecology Lab combines both goals by inviting teachers in Corvallis, Oregon, and surrounding areas to participate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: classroom-based citizen science project with their students. Middle and high school students learn about

Mitigating Microplastics : Development and Evaluation of a Middle School Curriculum

Creator:: Kowalski, Marie
Abstract:: Microplastics, plastic marine debris less than 5 mm in size, is a threat to the health of our oceans. One important way to reduce microplastics in our oceans is to educate people about the issue, particularly future decision-makers. In this study, a middle school curriculum was developed using current scientific...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: both its merit and worth in the context of middle school classrooms on the Oregon coast. The merit of

A systems thinking approach to education reform : addressing issues surrounding teacher burnout through comprehensive school change

Creator:: Matier, Kimberly E.
Abstract:: There is a wealth of research on issues surrounding teacher burnout and school reform. The literature on burnout, however, does not provide information on system-based burnout prevention models. Comprehensive reform, although intended to improve schools as a whole, does not look at reform models developed as sources of teacher support....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Addressing Issues Surrounding Teacher Burnout Through Comprehensive School Change Abstract approved

The Forest Field Program : a case study in forest education for Latino youth

Creator:: Gonzalez, Emily A.
Abstract:: This study involved the development of two bilingual and inquiry-based forest education programs within the Central Willamette Valley of Oregon. The first program used the participatory research (PR) process to engage 7th and 8th grade Latino students as participatory researchers to interview members of their community to learn their perspectives...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: University, extending its capacity for program work among middle school youth. Hispanics comprise this

An investigation of the relationships among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement of selected middle school sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students

Creator:: Zachow, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: The primary foci of the study were to determine the relationships among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement, and to develop implications for the academic counseling of middle school students based on the findings. The sample was composed of 613 students enrolled in Prineville Junior High School. The Edmonds Learning...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: modality, temporality, and academic achievement of selected middle school sixth, seventh, and eighth grade

An examination of students' attitudes toward school and classroom science

Creator:: Morrell, Patricia Drozdowski
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine fifth, seventh, and tenth graders' attitudes toward school and classroom science by means of questionnaires and interviews. In particular, the study hoped to determine (a) if a relationship existed between these two attitudes, (b) what relationship, if any, grade level, gender, ethnicity,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ' attitudes. The questionnaires used in this study (Science Attitude Scale for Middle School Students by

The effects of an interdependent group-oriented contingency on middle school students' physical activity levels during physical education

Creator:: Schuldheisz, Joel M.
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an interdependent group-oriented contingency on the MVPA levels of middle school students during the fitness portion of physical education lessons. Participants were randomly selected target students from three intact eighth grade classes. A combination of a delayed multiple...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Interdependent Group-oriented Contingency On Middle School Students' Physical Activity Levels During Physical

Analyzing explicit teaching strategies and student discourse for scientific argumentation

Creator:: Park, Young-Shin
Abstract:: Scientific inquiry in K-12 classrooms tends to be procedural, lacking opportunities for students to gain understanding of how scientific knowledge is constructed through reflection, debate, and argument. Limited opportunity to develop scientific argumentation skills prevents students from practicing the scientific thinking needed to understand the nature of scientific knowledge and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: science teacher, Mr. Field, and his students at the middle school level participated in this study for

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Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

Rural educator values in the implementation of drug education : a critical assessment of a crisis moral community

Evaluating the impacts of a classroom-based citizen science project on nature connectedness, science identity, and knowledge of curricular material

Mitigating Microplastics : Development and Evaluation of a Middle School Curriculum

A systems thinking approach to education reform : addressing issues surrounding teacher burnout through comprehensive school change

The Forest Field Program : a case study in forest education for Latino youth

An investigation of the relationships among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement of selected middle school sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students

An examination of students' attitudes toward school and classroom science

The effects of an interdependent group-oriented contingency on middle school students' physical activity levels during physical education

Analyzing explicit teaching strategies and student discourse for scientific argumentation

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