Dialogues in Middle Level Education Research Volume 1 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Virtue, David C., Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Taylor and Francis Ltd Dialogues in Middle Level Education Research Volume 1 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Virtue, David C.

Mirroring the roundtable discussions conducted at the 2020 Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) conference, this volume highlights the dialogic knowledge-building process critical to advancing middle level teaching and research._x000D__x000D_Launching the new AMLE Innovations in Middle Level Education Research series, this collection captures the synergetic dialogue that occurs during professional meetings by collating and centering five recent studies on topics such as mathematics achievement, personalized and project-based learning, and teacher collaboration. A companion essay and critical external response accompanies each study, serving to re-situate original research and reconsider findings in view of professional insights and external critique gained through discussion at AMLE 2020. Ultimately, these response essays foreground potential avenues for future research and alternative thinking, laying the groundwork for implementation of critical discussion in the classroom environment. _x000D__x000D_This text will benefit researchers, doctoral students, and academics in the fields of middle level education, educational research, and specifically research methods in education. Those interested in teaching and learning, and adolescent development more broadly, will also benefit from this volume._x000D_ _x000D_ INTRODUCTION _x000D_ _x000D_ 1. Engendering and Enriching Critical Conversations about Middle Level Education Research_x000D_ _x000D_ David C. Virtue_x000D_ _x000D_ PART I: Factors Affecting Middle Grades Mathematics Achievement _x000D_ _x000D_ 2. Middle Level Mathematics Achievement from Teacher and Student Perspectives: Reflections and New Directions in Middle Level Mathematics Research_x000D_ _x000D_ Theresa A. Garfield and W. Sean Kearney_x000D_ _x000D_ 3. Student Readiness to Learn and Teacher Effectiveness: Two Key Factors in Middle Grades Mathematics Achievement_x000D_ _x000D_ W. Sean Kearney and Theresa A. Garfield_x000D_ _x000D_ 4. Teaching Mathematics in the Middle Grades: Connecting Seminal Education Philosophies to Current Best Practices_x000D_ _x000D_ Holly H. Pinter _x000D_ _x000D_ PART II: Perspectives on Personalized Learning _x000D_ _x000D_ 5. Critical Reflections on Personalized Project-Based Learning_x000D_ _x000D_ Jessica DeMink-Carthew, Steven Netcoh, Kathleen Brinegar, and Jeanie Phillips_x000D_ _x000D_ 6. Mixed Feelings about Choice: Exploring Variation in Middle School Student Experiences with Making Choices in a Personalized Learning Project_x000D_ _x000D_ Jessica DeMink-Carthew and Steven Netcoh_x000D_ _x000D_ 7. Hands-Joined Learning as a Framework for Personalizing Project-Based Learning in a Middle Grades Classroom: An Exploratory Study_x000D_ _x000D_ Jessica DeMink-Carthew and Mark W. Olofson_x000D_ _x000D_ 8. A Response to Critical Reflections on Personalized Project-Based Learning_x000D_ _x000D_ John Downes and James Nagle_x000D_ _x000D_ PART III: Understanding Teacher Collaboration in Diverse Classrooms _x000D_ _x000D_ 9. "All the Way Better": Teacher Collaboration and ESL Students' Participation_x000D_ _x000D_ Amanda Giles and Bedrettin Yazan_x000D_ _x000D_ 10. "You're Not an Island": A Middle Grades Language Arts Teacher's Changed Perceptions in ESL and Content Teachers' Collaboration_x000D_ _x000D_ Amanda Giles and Bedrettin Yazan_x000D_ _x000D_ 11. Insights from a Case Study on Teacher Collaboration: Response to Giles and Yazan_x000D_ _x000D_ Bogum Yoon_x000D_ _x000D_ PART IV: Exploring Social and Emotional Learning in the Middle Grades _x000D_ _x000D_ 12. Extending Research on SEL in the Middle Grades_x000D_ _x000D_ David B. Strahan and Beth Poteat_x000D_ _x000D_ 13. Middle Level Students' Perceptions of Their Social and Emotional Learning: An Exploratory Study_x000D_ _x000D_ David B. Strahan and Beth Poteat_x000D_ _x000D_ 14. Researching Social and Emotional Learning in the Middle Grades: A Response to Strahan and Poteat_x000D_ _x000D_ Katherine M. Main and Cheryl R. Ellerbrock_x000D_ _x000D_ CONCLUSION _x000D_ _x000D_ 15. New Directions as Travel Itinerary_x000D_ _x000D_ Matthew J. Moulton_x000D_