Growing Pains : The Making of America's Middle School Teachers / Peter C. Scales and C. Kenneth McEwin.

This monograph reports on a survey of middle level teacher preparation, based on the 1992 "Windows of Opportunity" study and on a modified Delphi process which identified a pool comprised of members of the Center for Early Adolescence and others. These educators were asked to rate the 33 recommendat...

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Main Authors: Scales, Peter, 1949-
McEwin, C. Kenneth (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Middle School Association, Columbus, OH
Center for Early Adolescence, Carrboro, NC
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994.
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Physical Description:110 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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