Crossing MGLS with the Middle Grades Research Agenda: A Guide for Researchers

Autor/inn/en	Olofson, Mark W.; Bishop, Penny A.
Titel	Crossing MGLS with the Middle Grades Research Agenda: A Guide for Researchers
Quelle	In: Middle Grades Review, 4 (2018) 2, Artikel 3 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2379-4690
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Middle Schools; Longitudinal Studies; Statistical Analysis; Data; Research Needs; Student Development; Culturally Relevant Education; Special Needs Students; Faculty Development; Middle School Teachers; Integrated Curriculum; Social Development; Emotional Development; Technology Uses in Education; Teamwork; Interdisciplinary Approach; Magnet Schools; Charter Schools; School Schedules; School Organization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Statistische Analyse; Daten; Forschungsbedarf; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Schulzeiteinteilung; School organisation; Schulorganisation
Abstract	For the past several years, leaders in middle grades education research have strengthened their call for more methodologically robust quantitative research to address important questions in the field. Recently, two important routes towards addressing this call have emerged: the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study from the National Center for Education Statistics, and a new research agenda from the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. In this paper, we conduct a content analysis of the items in the forthcoming longitudinal study in light of the extant research agenda. Results indicate that research questions in eight sections of the agenda are moderately to well-addressed by the data, and that the longitudinal study will provide rich contextual data related to many others. The concurrent emergence of the research agenda and this data offers an opportunity for the research community to engage in high-level quantitative research with a middle grades lens to inform future policy. The item-by-item crosswalk available for download provides guidance for researchers using the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study data to address questions from the research agenda. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01