Common planning time in middle level schools : research studies from the MLER SIG's national project / / edited by Steven B. Mertens ... [et al.].

• Superior document: The handbook of research in middle level education
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Mertens, Steven B.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of research in middle level education series.
• Physical Description: xii, 361 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

The history and development of the MLER SIG's national middle grades research project on common planning time / Steven B. Mertens, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Micki M. Caskey, and Nancy Flowers -- Common planning time: a review of literature / Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Nancy Flowers, Micki M. Caskey, and Steven B. Mertens -- Common planning time: benefits and barriers / Stacy Duffield -- Comparison of teacher's perceptions of perceived barriers regarding the implementation of common planning time at two middle schools / Dana Pomykal Franz, Nicole L. Thompson, and Nicole C. Miller -- Components of school culture that enhance the effective use of common planning time in two high-performing middle schools / Shawn A. Faulkner and Christopher M. Cook -- Social capital and common planning time / Deb Pattee -- The benefits and drawbacks of common planning time for interdisciplinary team teachers: a new look in the era of No Child Left Behind / Marilyn J. Taylor -- A case study of effective common planning time and its positive outcomes / Molly Mee -- Lessons learned: a case of one teacher's common planning time experience / Ellis Hurd -- Reading challenges for middle grade teams: literacy's place in common planning time discussions / Francine Falk-Ross -- Teachers' perceptions of Common planning time: a qualitative analysis of the national middle grades research project / Vincent A. Anfara, Jr. and Micki M. Caskey -- Structure and activities during common planning time: a portrait of two middle schools / Pam S. Angelle and Cherie E. Gaines -- The reported use of common planning time in high-performing middle level schools / Christopher M. Cook, Lenore J. Kinne, and Shawn A. Faulkner -- Common planning time in Oregon middle schools: an endangered model / Jan M. Carpenter, P. Maureen Musser, Linda L. Samek, and Micki M. Caskey -- The implementation and use of middle level common planning time: a study of four middle schools / Steven B. Mertens, Ellis Hurd, and Keith Tilford -- Teachers' use and implementation of common planning time: a quantitative analysis of the national middle grades research project / Nancy Flowers and Steven B. Mertens -- Conclusions: common planning time project findings and future steps / Micki M. Caskey, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Steven B. Mertens, and Nancy Flowers.