Foreword / Dave F. Brown -- Introduction / Andrea M. Hawkman and Sarah B. Shear -- Student-centered learning : evolving curriculum, instruction, and assessment-intersecting new needs / Sandra L. Stacki, Micki M. Caskey, and Steven B. Mertens -- Historical thinking in the middle school classroom : integration of authentic curriculum, instruction, and assessment / Eric B. Claravall and Robin Irey -- Science at my own pace : the impact of a self-directed learning environment on eighth grade life science students / Gerald Ardito -- "The rough writerz" : young adolescent boys exploring, constructing, and recreating racial identities in an after school program / Theresa McGinnis and Andrea Garcia -- In students' voices : how middle school students perceive their need for effective reading comprehension strategies / Nancy Akhavan -- Culturally relevant pedagogy and connectivism : disciplinary literacy challenges in linguistically diverse STEM classrooms in the middle grades / Ebony Terrell Shockley, Kelly K. Ivy, and Maria Peters -- Pedagogical responses to technology in the middle-level classroom : the influence of digital tools on instructional methodologies and learning practices / Lorraine Radice -- Shifting toward productive beliefs for Black students in the mathematics classroom / Christa Jackson and Ashley Delaney -- Middle level teachers' educational technology use : challenges, barriers, and successes / Thomas M. Brinthaupt, Scott B. Haupt, Richard P. Lipka, and Jill A. Robinson -- Instructional strategies for engagement : cultivating emotional awareness and a challenge-skill imbalance / Chris Grodoski, Carrie Dabelow, Crystal Forbes, Margaret Hammer, Michelle Hoffmeyer, Jennifer Jim-Brundidge, and Kurt Makaryk -- "How we are us" : using authentic assessment in a history classroom / Colleen Fitzpatrick and Stephanie van Hover -- Middle schoolers' writing out of school : (fear), freedom, fluency, and fellowship in place-based education / Tom Meyer -- In the middle of next practices / Barbara J. Mallory and James V. Davis.
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