... potential participants, the researchers were invited to attend a one-day after-school district-wide training for middle school teachers on best practices for teaching Islam that was facilitated by the district’s social studies coordinators. While attending this training, we were introduced to Mr. Callaway...

... International mindedness Middle school High school Social studies Humanities Urban education The research literature reveals that IB aims to support schools in their locally contextualized journey towards international mindedness through development of the learner profile attributes. While IB...

... participation Civic education Middle school Action civics Recent political events, from President Trump’s controversial immigration and trade reform efforts to an increased number of protests at state and national levels, have caused many Americans to become disheartened and even infuriated...

... documentary making technologies for engaging and refining students’ historical thinking skills. Emerald Publishing Limited 2014 Special education historical thinking documentary making technology middle school learning disabilities Social Studies Research and Practice www.socstrp.org Selective...

...-fold: to describe an action research study designed to assess the impact of the use of SRS upon middle-school students' learning and engagement; and secondly, to suggest that teachers might further enhance student learning and engagement by utilizing classroom technologies such as SRS as a replacement...

... studies and is gaining even more importance in the age of the Internet. Six specific websites are presented that can be used for student inquiry and research primarily at the middle school level. We describe ways of utilizing these sites to drive student involvement and self-assessment while also...

...J. H. Bickford To best challenge students’ thinking, researchers and educators must locate or create innovative ways to spark enthusiasm and facilitate criticality. This paper investigates how middle school students analyzed various primary and secondary historical documents to construct original...