Middle Grades Research Journal

Volume 10 #1

Edited by:
Frances R. Spielhagen, Mount Saint Mary College

A volume in the series: Middle Grades Research Journal. Editor(s): Toni M. Williams, University of South Carolina.

Published 2015

Middle Grades Research Journal (MGRJ) is a refereed, peer reviewed journal that publishes original studies providing both empirical and theoretical frameworks that focus on middle grades education. A variety of articles are published quarterly in March, June, September, and December of each volume year.

CONTENTS

1. Comprehensive and Critical Review of Middle Grades Research and Practice: 2000-2013, Bogum Yoon, Kathleen F. Malu, Mary Beth Schaefer, Cynthia Reyes, and Kathleen Brinegar

2. Reading and Teaching in an Urban Middle School: Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Field-Based Experiences, Heather Rogers-Haverback and Molly Mee

3. Examining the Effect of Teacher Read-Aloud on Adolescent Attitudes and Learning, Sylvia Hurst and Priscilla Griffith

4. Translating Pedagogies: Leveraging Students’ Heritage Languages in the Literacy Classroom, Mark B. Pacheco, Samuel S. David, and Robert T. Jiménez

5. Active Learning in the Middle Grades Classroom: Overcoming the Barriers to Implementation, Susan Edwards

6. Fostering a Developmentally Responsive Middle-to-High School Transition: The Role of Transition Supports, Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, Jennifer Denmon, Ruchelle Owens, and Krista Lindstrom