ONE POINT OF VIEW: Action for Middle Schoolers

1981 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Joan Worth
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Level ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Middle Schoolers ◽  
Middle School Level

The policy recommendations for the mathematics curriculum of the 1980s contained in An Agenda for Action* are most demanding, roost important, and therefore most exciting at the middle school level. For if many of the recommendations are going to be acted upon, that action will occur with middle schoolers, and the results could be dramatic.

Soundoff: Geometry: A Remedy for the Malaise of Middle School Mathematics

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (9) ◽  
pp. 678-680
Author(s):  
Alfred S. Posamentier
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Middle School Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
School Level ◽  
Mathematics Educators ◽  
Arithmetic Teaching ◽  
Middle School Level

Many mathematics educators perceive that the weakest part of the precollege mathematics curriculum is at the middle school level, more specifically, the years immediately preceding the study of algebra. It seems that in the middle grades the development of mathematics has been put into a “holding pattern.” A quick glance at the curriculum for seventh and eighth grades—or in some cases sixth and seventh gradesshows that much arithmetic is still being taught. Haven't we, or shouldn't we have, completed teaching arithmetic in the previous five or six years? Indeed, how much arithmetic teaching do we need to do in an age of ever-improving calculators (Heid 1988)? Very often students greet a unit in these grades with the now famous comment, “Oh, I had this already.” “Sure,” thinks the teacher, “you may have had it, but have you learned it?” It is clear to many educators that these middle grades are key to turning a student “on” to or “off” from mathematics.

Proportional Reasoning: Lessons from Research in Data and Chance

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-109
Author(s):  
Jane Watson ◽  
J. Shaughnessy
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
School Level ◽  
Principles And Standards ◽  
Middle School Level

PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL Mathematics (NCTM 2000) places proportionality among the major concepts connecting different topics in the mathematics curriculum at the middle school level (p. 217). What concerns us about many of the problems presented to students, however, is that they are often posed purely as a ratio or proportion from the start. Often the statement of a problem is a giveaway that a proportion is involved. For example, the question “If 15 students out of 20 get a problem correct, how many students in a class of 28 would we expect to get the problem correct?” does not tap the depth of proportional reasoning that is required for meaningful problem solving.

scholarly journals Rural–Urban Differences in the Factors Affecting Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults of Two Regions in Myanmar

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2818
Author(s):  
Yuri Sasaki ◽  
Yugo Shobugawa ◽  
Ikuma Nozaki ◽  
Daisuke Takagi ◽  
Yuiko Nagamine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Wealth Index ◽  
School Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Middle School Level

The aim of the study was to investigate rural–urban differences in depressive symptoms in terms of the risk factors among older adults of two regions in Myanmar to provide appropriate intervention for depression depending on local characteristics. This cross-sectional study, conducted between September and December, 2018, used a multistage sampling method to recruit participants from the two regions, for face-to-face interviews. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the 15-item version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Depressive symptoms were positively associated with living in rural areas (B = 0.42; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.12,0.72), female (B = 0.55; 95% CI: 0.31,0.79), illness during the preceding year (B = 0.68; 95% CI: 0.45,0.91) and non-Buddhist religion (B = 0.57; 95% CI: 0.001,1.15) and protectively associated with education to middle school level or higher (B = −0.61; 95% CI: −0.94, −0.28) and the frequency of visits to religious facilities (B = −0.20; 95% CI: −0.30, −0.10). In women in urban areas, depressive symptoms were positively associated with illness during the preceding year (B = 0.78; 95% CI: 0.36, 1.20) and protectively associated with education to middle school level or higher (B = −0.67; 95% CI: −1.23, −0.11), middle or high wealth index (B = −0.92; 95% CI: −1.59, −0.25) and the frequency of visits to religious facilities (B = −0.20; 95% CI: −0.38, −0.03). In men in rural areas, illness during the preceding year was positively associated with depressive symptoms (B = 0.87; 95% CI: 0.33, 1.42). In women in rural areas, depressive symptoms were positively associated with illness during the preceding year (B = 0.83; 95% CI: 0.36, 1.30) and protectively associated with primary education (B = −0.62; 95% CI: −1.12, −0.12) and the frequency of visits to religious facilities (B = −0.44; 95% CI: −0.68, −0.21). Religion and wealth could have different levels of association with depression between older adults in the urban and rural areas and men and women. Interventions for depression in older adults should consider regional and gender differences in the roles of religion and wealth in Myanmar.

Assessment Literacy Within Middle School-Level Math Professional Learning Communities

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-139
Author(s):  
Jennifer Wheat
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Professional Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
School Level ◽  
Assessment Literacy ◽  
Multiple Indicators ◽  
Math Growth ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Middle School Level

Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been implemented in school districts as a means to promote effective instructional policy initiatives and best practices. The purpose of this chapter is to identify assessment literacy commonalities within middle school-level math PLCs and to compare those commonalities across PLCs with different levels of student math growth. Multiple indicators of assessment literacy were used to supply rich descriptions of assessment literacy within each PLC using a procedure recommended by Bernhardt for effective data-driven decision making. Based upon the findings the researcher concluded that commonalities existed among PLCs with different levels of student math growth.

Assessment Literacy Within Middle School-Level Math Professional Learning Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 767-787
Author(s):  
Jennifer Wheat
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Professional Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
School Level ◽  
Assessment Literacy ◽  
Multiple Indicators ◽  
Math Growth ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Middle School Level

Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been implemented in school districts as a means to promote effective instructional policy initiatives and best practices. The purpose of this chapter is to identify assessment literacy commonalities within middle school-level math PLCs and to compare those commonalities across PLCs with different levels of student math growth. Multiple indicators of assessment literacy were used to supply rich descriptions of assessment literacy within each PLC using a procedure recommended by Bernhardt for effective data-driven decision making. Based upon the findings the researcher concluded that commonalities existed among PLCs with different levels of student math growth.

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