An International Look at Educating Young Adolescents Mertens Anfara Roney

An International Look at Educating Young AdolescentsAuthor(s): Steven B. Mertens, Vincent A. Anfara, Kathleen Roney\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781607520429, 978-1607520429\nSynopsis\nStudies like the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have compared the performance of [url] middle grade students ([url] eighth graders) to those in other countries. In relation to middle grade schools, 20 countries outperformed the United States in mathematics and nine countries scored above the [url] in science. The intent of this volume of The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education, An International Look at Educating Young Adolescents, is to broaden our understanding of middle grade schooling by critically examining the education of young adolescents (ages 10-15, typically grades 6-8) through an international lens. In addition to looking at how schooling and students are organized for.