Middle Grades Education : A Reference Handbook

An expert guide to the development of the middle school model as the best educational environment designed to address students' developmental and social needs as well as educational needs. * Learning activities for all instructional strategies including differentiated instruction, inquiry-based and concept-based education, critical thinking and problem-solving strategies, the use of multiple intelligences, learning styles and cultural congruence, and cooperative learning * Planning guides and step-by-step presentations of academic service-learning, which connects the classroom to the community