Clubs: Chi Alpha Mu Junior Mathematics Clubs

1981 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-206
Author(s):  
Lois Q. Shipley

Chi Alpha Mu is the national mathematics club for junior high and upper-middle-school students. The Greek letters stand for Creative Adventures in Mathematics-the goal of the organization. Chi Alpha Mu is the brainchild of Sarah M. Burkhart, who initiated the program in three schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1967. By 1978 there were sixty-five clubs in about a dozen states and nearly sixty-three hundred members. The group affiliated with NCTM about that time. Sarah Burkhart's death last April left a void, but Jack Skelton, Instructional Assistant for Secondary Mathematics, Tulsa Public Schools, P.O. Box 45208, Tulsa, OK 74145, has agreed to coordinate the administrative affairs of the national office. Inquiries to Jack Skelton will be answered with a public-relations kit providing information on goals, rules, dues, and benefits.

Author(s):  
Yang Xueping

It has become a very significant topic that how to help students overcome the Chinese negative transfer in English writing. This research attempts to investigate the main types of errors made by junior middle school students in their English writing, then to explore the causes of the identified errors, in order to avoid these types of errors. The research subjects are 107 students from two classes in grade eight of No.10 Middle School of Nanchong. Questionnaire and composition writing are used as instruments in this research. It hopes that, this paper can help teachers and students to overcome the influence of Chinese negative transfer, improve students’ English writing.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Ghali ◽  
M El Ghardallou ◽  
J Mannai ◽  
L Marzougui ◽  
O Chemkhi ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and aims The levels of use of some psychoactive substances, especially alcohol, tobacco and cannabis, remain high among adolescents, despite progress in regulatory efforts to limit access to these products. Our objective is to determine the prevalence of addictive behavior among middle school students in the Kairouan region and to specify the risk factors. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in public schools of Kairouan (Tunisia) during one month (May 2016). Students aged 13 to 16 were included in the study. The statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS software version 18. Results A total of 2020 students participated in this study with mean age of 13.9 ± 1.2 years. A male predominance was noted (44.1%, n = 890). The prevalence of addictive behavior was 7.1% (95% CI = [6% - 8.2%]). Multivariate analysis showed that the probability of addictive behavior decreased in young women (OR = 0.05, 95% CI = [0.02 - 0.09]) from rural origin (OR = 0.51, 95% CI = [0.32 - 0.83]). Independent risk factors associated with addictive behavior were: Age (OR = 1.39, 95% CI = [1.16 - 1.66]), family history of suicide (OR = 4.42, 95% CI = [ 2.56 - 7.62]), repeating the school year (OR = 2.91, 95% CI = [1.84 - 4.60]), physical aggression (OR = 1.78; 95% CI = [1.06 - 2.98]) and depression (OR = 1.56, 95% CI = [1 - 2.43]). Conclusions The entourage and caregivers are important actors to help adolescent to verbalize his suffering and find other ways to fight against the depressive affects. Key messages Prevalence of psychoactive substance use is very high in middle school students. Identification of risk factors is important for prevention program planning at an early stage.


Author(s):  
Bandar Manshed Mohammad Aldhafeeri Bandar Manshed Mohammad Aldhafeeri

The aim of the research is to identify the proposed perceptions to address poor reading among middle school students from the point of view of their teachers and teachers in public schools in Kuwait, and the research sample consisted of (350) teachers, selected in the random class way from middle school teachers in The 2, 512 public education schools in Mubarak al- Kabir governorate (Kuwait) were adopted, and the analytical descriptive curriculum was adopted, and the questionnaire was adopted as a data collection tool consisting of (32) paragraphs spread over three integrated fields as follows: Proposed perceptions to address poor reading related to the role )family and teacher, technical guidance and school curriculum, school and major educational institution). The research resulted in a series of results, the most important of which is that the degree of appreciation of middle school teachers for the proposed perceptions to address poor reading among middle school students in all its integrated areas came to a large extent, the most important of which is the provision of a scientific and cultural stock among the teacher qualifies him to address the reading weakness of students, take into account the family's various problems and stand with him to overcome them, provide modern educational and technological means in the school, provide the major educational institution for all ways to address the problems of students, especially reading weakness, monitor guidance Technical commitment of teachers to the treatment plans provided to students, in addition to the existence of statistically significant differences between the responses of the members of the study sample towards the proposed perceptions to address poor reading in middle school students from the point of view of their teachers and teachers in public schools in Kuwait at all fields and the tool as a whole due to the sex change and the differences came in favor of male teachers. In the light of the results the research made a number of recommendations, the most important of which Taking into account the importance of the diagnostic calendar for students at the beginning of the year and semester, and educating teachers and following them up by their supervisors through regular visits to them during the academic year to identify the weaknesses and strengths of each student, and qualify and prepare Arabic teachers through training courses on addressing poor reading among students .


Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Jaewon Lee ◽  
Jennifer Allen ◽  
Hyejung Lim ◽  
Gyuhyun Choi

Middle school students are of particular interest when examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic because they are in a formative period for socioemotional development, and because they are not as mature as adults, making them more vulnerable to the effects of the current pandemic. This study seeks to examine determinants of protective behavior changes since COVID-19 among middle school students. Participants were recruited through an official online flatform used by public schools. The final sample included 328 middle school students in South Korea. A multiple linear regression was conducted to explore what factors influence protective behavior changes since COVID-19. Gender and health status were associated with protective behavior changes since COVID-19. Family satisfaction was positively associated with protective behavior changes. Levels of sanitation since COVID-19 and perceptions regarding the risk of COVID-19 were significantly related to protective behavior changes. This study suggests to consider three factors–individual, family, and environmental—in order to prevent middle school students from contracting and spreading the virus.


1991 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Linda K. Moniuszko

Junior high school and middle school students are a rare breed. They can be utterly charming one minute and yet extremely difficult to reach the next. Their minds seem to be everywhere but in the classroom. The far-off goal of high school graduation is too remote to entice some to hard work, and to others it must seem the impossible dream.


2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-410
Author(s):  
H. Bernard Hall

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the ways in which hip-hop pedagogies and literacies encouraged middle school students to explore performance poetry as a tool to “(w)right” the truth(s) about learning and living in their local and global communities. Design/methodology/approach Collaborative self-study research methodologies were used by the author, a black male teacher educator and hip-hop cultural insider, along with two white, female reading specialists and hip-hop cultural outsiders, to collect and analyze the practices and behaviors used in The Shop – an after-school hip-hop-based spoken word poetry club for middle school students in a small, urban public school district in Northeastern USA. Findings Three primary findings emerge: teachers with limited cultural and content knowledge of hip-hop may struggle to negotiate real and perceived curricular constraints associated with using pedagogies with hip-hop texts and aesthetics in traditional school contexts, the intersections of teachers’ racial, cultural and gender identities informed the respective practices and behaviors in a number of interesting ways, and using hip-hop pedagogies for social justice in public schools requires a delicate balance of both transparency and discretion on the part of teachers. Originality/value Study findings are salient for in- and pre-service English teachers and English educators, as they offer insights and reflections on the instructional and relational challenges cultural outsiders may face when using hip-hop culture to create spaces and opportunities for young people to talk back and speak truth to power.


2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-131
Author(s):  
AYŞE YOLCU

This study examined the role of gender and grade level on middle school students’ statistical literacy. The study was conducted in the spring semester of the 2012-2013 academic year with 598 middle-school students (grades 6–8) from three public schools in Turkey. The data were collected using the Statistical Literacy Test, developed based on Watson’s (1997) statistical literacy framework. Two-way ANOVA results revealed no significant grade level differences although female students performed significantly better than male students. The spiral curriculum in middle school mathematics may explain the lack of differences between grades. The higher performance of female students may be related to the linguistic aspects of statistical literacy, in contrast to the situation in school mathematics. First published November 2014 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives


Author(s):  
Heather Coffey ◽  
Susan B. Harden

In this chapter, the authors discuss the outcomes of a program evaluation of a university-middle school service-learning partnership. The initial goal was to evaluate the extent to which three middle school teachers, our community partners, were satisfied with the volunteer experience their seventh grade students had with first-year university students. The evaluation came after a three-year partnership between undergraduates enrolled in a liberal studies course focused on citizenship and education and a team of middle school students and their teachers. Interviews revealed that this partnership enabled teachers to view their students through a different lens than they had prior to the partnership. Further, teachers suggested that the service-learning activities facilitated a deeper understanding of students' funds-of-knowledge and talents. This research supports the possibility that there are valuable unintended outcomes of service-learning partnerships between universities and public schools.


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