Graduate Research Papers
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Abstract
Education in the United States has presented many patterns of school organization. Separate junior and senior high schools were suggested in the early 1900 1 s, but the grade levels and ages for distinguishing these divisions were unclear (Wiles & Bondi, 1981). The junior high was designed to bridge the gap between elementary and high school. It usually included grades 7-8-9. An alternative to the junior high school, the middle school, began to emerge in the late 1950 1 s. The middle school was designed to facilitate grades 6-7-8. Its development was primarily to relieve overcrowding and to provide an educational environment to effectively educate young teens (Wiles & Bondi, 1981). Many experts in the field of education support the middle school concept as a means to better meet the educational and developmental needs of adolescents. The middle school concept can concisely be defined as an educational environment created to meet the unique needs and characteristics of emerging adolescents.
Year of Submission
1988
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
First Advisor
Greg P. Stefanich
Date Original
1988
Object Description
0 PDF file (67 leaves)
Copyright
©1988 Lindy K. Daters
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Daters, Lindy K., "The middle school: A review of current literature" (1988). Graduate Research Papers. 2201.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2201
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