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THEORY AND RESEARCH SUPPORTING
AIM AT MIDDLE-GRADES RESULTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Barth, R.S. (1991). "Restructuring schools: some questions for teachers and principals."
Phi Delta Kappan, 73(2), pp. 123-128.

Boyd, V. (1992). School Context: Bridge or Barrier to Change? Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.

Boyd, V., & Hord, S.M. (1994). Schools as Learning Communities: Issues…About Change, 4(1). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. (http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/sch11.html)

Brooks, J., & Brooks, M.G. (1993). In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Bruer, J.T. (1993). Schools for Thought. Boston, MA: MIT Press.

Caine, R. N., and G. Caine (1991). Making connections: Teaching and the human brain. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin. (1999). Hope for Urban Education: A Study of Nine High-Performing, High-Poverty, Urban Elementary Schools. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service.

Comer, J. (2001). "Schools That Develop Children," The American Prospect, 12(7), (http://www.prospect.org/print/V12/7/comer-j.html).

Corbett, H.D. (1990). On the Meaning of Restructuring. Philadelphia: Research for Better Schools.

Corbett, H.D. & Blum, R.E. (1992). "Thinking backwards to move forward." Unpublished manuscript. Philadelphia: Research for Better Schools.

Cotton, Kathleen. (1995). Effective Schooling Practices: A Research Synthesis 1995 Update. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. (http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/esp/esp95toc.html)

Cuban, L. (1988). "A fundamental puzzle of school reform." Phi Delta Kappan, 69(5),
341-344.

Deal, T. & Kennedy, A. (1982). Corporate cultures. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing.

Dreyfuss, G.O., Cistone, P.J., & Divita, C. (1992). "Restructuring in a large district: Dade County, Florida." In C.D. Glickman (Ed.), Supervision in Transition (pp.77 - 96). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Driver, R. & Bell, B. (1986). "Students' thinking and the learning of science: A constructivist view." School Science Review, 67, 443-456.

DuFour, R. & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service. (http://focus.enc.org/professional/guide/foundation/community/
document.shtm?input=BYD-002646-dufour6).

Elmore, R. F. (1995). "Structural Reform and Educational Practice." Educational Researcher 24 (9). 23-26.

Fine, M. (1991). Framing Dropouts: Notes on the Politics of an Urban Public High School. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Flowers, N., Mertens, S.B., & Mulhall, P.F. (2000). "Research on Middle School Renewal: What Makes Interdisciplinary Teams Effective?" Middle School Journal, (http://nmsa.org/).

Gardner, H. (1993). The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach. New York: Basic Books.

Giles, H. (1998). "Parent engagement as a school reform strategy." ERIC/CUE Digest Number 135.

Hetland, L., & Veenema, S. (Eds.) (1999). The Project Zero Classroom: Views on Understanding. Cambridge, MA: Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School.

Hord, S. M. & Huling-Austin, L. (1986). "Effective curriculum implementation: Some promising new insights." The Elementary School Journal, 87(1), 97-115.

Johnson, S. M. & Kardos, S.M. (2002). Redesigning Professional Development: Keeping New Teachers in Mind, Educational Leadership, 59(6), pp.12-16.

Kretzmann, J. P. & McKnight, J.L. (1993). Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research.

Lambert, M. (1990). "When the problem is not the question and the solution is not the answer: Mathematical knowing and teaching." American Educational Research Journal, 27, 29-63.

Louis, K.S. & Kruse, S.D. (1995). Professionalism and community: Perspectives on reforming urban schools. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press.

Louis, K.S. & Miles, M.B. (1990). Improving the Urban High School. New York: Teachers College Press.

Marx, E., Wooley, S.F., and Northrop, D. (Eds.) (1998). Health Is Academic: A Guide To Coordinated School Health Programs. New York: Teachers College Press.

McDonald, J.P. (1996). Redesigning School: Lessons from the Coalition of Essential Schools. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Moursund, D. (1999). Project-based Learning Using Information Technology. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.

National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform (2000). Schools to Watch. Newton, MA: National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.
(http://www.mgforum.org/schools.asp ).

Newmann, F. M., & Wehlage, G. G. (1995). Successful School Restructuring: A Report to the Public and Educators. Madison, WI: Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools, Wisconsin Center for Education Research.

Newmann, Fred M. and Wehlage, Gary G. (1993). "Five Standards of Authentic Instruction." Educational Leadership, 50(6), pp. 8-12.

Patterson, J.L., Purkey, S.C., & Parker, J.V. (1986). Productive School Systems for a Nonrational World. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Perkins, D., & Blythe, T. (1994). "Putting understanding up front." Educational Leadership, 51(5), 4-7.

Project Zero (2000). Teaching for Understanding. (http://pzweb.harvard.edu/Research /TfU.htm)

Saphier, J. & King, M. (1985). "Good seeds grow in strong cultures." Educational Leadership, 42(6), pp. 67-74.

Sarason, S.B. (1982). Culture of the School and the Problem of Change, 2nd edition. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Schifter, D. (1996). "A constructivist perspective on teaching and learning mathematics." Phi Delta Kappan, 77(8), pp. 492-499.

Senge, P.M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline. New York: Doubleday Currency.

Sergiovanni, T.J. (1987). The Principalship. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Sergiovanni, T.J. (1992). Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

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