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• Title: Calming Rough Wafers: Teacher Strategies for Smoothing the Transition to Middle School.
• Author : Childhood Education
• Release Date : January 22, 2009
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 208 KB

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In the United States, 88% of young adolescents experience a critical developmental milestone: the transition from elementary to middle school (National Middle School Association [NMSA] & National Association of Elementary School Principals [NAESP], 2002). While all grade transitions can be challenging, the move from elementary to middle school is particularly difficult. Young adolescents encounter more of everything in middle school: more space to navigate, more people with whom to interact, and more choices to make in terms of classes, friendships, and activities. Couple this with the rapid physical, cognitive, and emotional changes associated with early adolescence (Rice & Dolgin, 2005), and the middle school transition becomes a complex life experience requiring careful navigation. Advocates for young adolescents suggest that having a developmentally appropriate school climate is key to meeting the needs of middle school students and facilitating a positive transition experience (Jackson & Davis, 2000; NMSA, 2003). Developmentally appropriate middle schools are characterized by a relevant and rigorous curriculum, learning related to the lives of students, and acknowledgment of students' individual learning needs (Hester, Gable, & Manning, 2003; Jackson & Davis, 2000; Manning, 2000; NMSA, 2003). However, in the present educational context, influenced by an unprecedented emphasis on high-stakes testing, schools instead offer heavy doses of drill and practice, fact memorization, test preparation, and teacher-centered instruction designed to "cover" content for standardized tests (Solley, 2007). The resulting contrasts between the needs of young adolescents and their middle school environments may lead to not only poor school transitions (Eccles et al., 1993), but also a host of negative long-term outcomes, such as drug abuse, delinquency, and dropping out of school (Anfara & Schmid, 2007; Davis, Davis, Smith, & Capa, 2003; Galbo, 1989; Murdock, 1999; Murdock & Miller, 2003).

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