Strategies to Fund Your Child’s College Education: Using Savings and Tax-Advantaged Vehicles by Jessica McCumber, Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, Martie Gillen, Sarah M. Ellis

“… It is never too soon to explore funding options for college educations, whether your child is a newborn or is in middle school. You are more likely to be prepared to fund your child's education if you start planning earlier. …”
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Invasive Species Curriculum by Charles Jacoby, Nanette Holland, Debbi Berger

“…This 156-page Invasive Species Curriculum helps fill this need by providing important information about invasive species through a dozen classroom activities, glossary, list of web sites and supporting materials designed for middle school use. Each activity addresses specific Sunshine State Standards and Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) benchmarks for grades 6-8. …”
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Process Analytical Technology Tool for Monitoring the Steaming Process of Gastrodiae rhizoma with Multiparameters and Chemometrics by Yamin Zuo, Jing Yang, Chen Li, Xuehua Deng, Shengsheng Zhang, Qing Wu

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Dynamical Behavior of a Predator-Prey System Incorporating a Prey Refuge with Impulse Effect by Zuxiong Li, Xue Yang, Shengnan Fu

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Using the Scientific Method to Engage Mathematical Modeling: An Investigation of pi by Lester A. C. Archer, Karen Ng

“…The activities serve as examples to show how middle school math teachers may use scientific inquiry to motive students’ understanding of mathematical models as well as engage in science beyond the science classroom. …”
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Le paysage de proximité à l’école, par des photographies répétées :un levier d’implication dans son territoire by Christine Vergnolle Mainar, Marie-Pierre Julien, Jean-Yves Léna, Anne Calvet, Raphaël Chalmeau

“…This was studied as part of a collaborative research project conducted with pupils in primary and middle school in the town of Vicdessos (Ariège, France), in connection with research done by the Observatoire homme-milieux (OHM) Pyrénées Haut-Vicdessos (Pyrénées Haut-Vicdessos Human-Environment Observatory). …”
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How to Improve the Standing Long Jump Performance? A Mininarrative Review by Huiyu Zhou, Peimin Yu, Anand Thirupathi, Minjun Liang

“…In particular, SLJ is an important test index for middle school students for assessing their physical fitness levels. …”
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Rôle des métaphores verbales et gestuelles dans le développement de la prudence lors d’activités de dialogue philosophique by Sandra Lagrange-Lanaspre

“…We study two sessions of philosophical practice involving eleven- and twelve-years old pupils of an educational priority area middle school in Grenoble, France. These activities are inspired by the Lipman’s approach of Community of Philosophical Inquiry and the Tozzi’s one of democratic and philosophical discussion. …”
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Enhancing the Critical Thinking Skills of Grade 8 Chemistry Students Using an Inquiry and Reflection Teaching Method by Nathalie Farah, Zalpha Ayoubi

“…Lebanese Chemistry teachers detected lack in middle school and high school students’ critical thinking skills, such as analyzing data, interpreting experiments’ results and arguing. …”
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Teacher Growth Through Professional Development Centered on the Teaching for Robust Understanding Framework by Eileen Murray, Helene S. Leonard, Victoria D. Bonaccorso

“…Informed by Communities of Practice theory, we employed case study methodology to describe, explain, and assess the experiences of one middle school mathematics teacher’s longitudinal participation in an innovative and incremental continuous PD model focused on the Teaching for Robust Understanding (TRU) framework. …”
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Adolescent Weight Status and Self-Reported School Performance in South Korea by Young Kyung Do, Eric Andrew Finkelstein

“…Using a nationally representative sample of 142 783 middle school (13–15 years old) and high school (16–18 years old) students in South Korea, this study examined whether (1) overweight and obesity are more likely to be associated with lower self-reported school performance; (2) overweight and obese students are more likely to enrol in a vocational high school as opposed to a general high school; (3) the association between obesity and poorer self-reported school performance is mediated through body image stress and health status. …”
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Advancing Solid-State Batteries with Nanomaterials: Enhancing Safety, Performance, and Energy Efficiency by Lang Junbo

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Limit Cycles and Local Bifurcation of Critical Periods in a Class of Switching Z2 Equivariant Quartic System by Jian Yang, Jukun Liu, Jingping Lu

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Some Properties of Solutions to Multiterm Fractional Boundary Value Problems with p-Laplacian Operator by KumSong Jong, HuiChol Choi, KyongJun Jang, SongGuk Jong, KyongSon Jon, Ok Ri

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Bounded Positive Solutions for a Third Order Discrete Equation by Zeqing Liu, Ming Jia, Shin Min Kang, Young Chel Kwun

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Complex Dynamical Behavior of Holling–Tanner Predator-Prey Model with Cross-Diffusion by Caiyun Wang, Yongyong Pei, Yaqun Niu, Ruiqiang He

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Teaching Creative Thinking in the ELT Context: Beliefs and Practices by Yin Sun, Zehang Chen, Li Li

“…A mixed methods approach is adopted, drawing data from 63 middle school English teachers in China through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and classroom observation. …”
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Kepemimpinan kepala sekolah di era pandemi by Syahril Syahril, Sulastri Sulastri

“…So, the leadership of the school principal at Sungai Full City Public Middle School during the pandemic era was in the moderate category with a percentage of 77.95%.…”
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A Study of the Usage of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research and Education by Peng Ruisen

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The Relationships between Parental Involvement, Students’ Basic Psychological Needs and Students’ Engagement in Science: A Path Analysis by Uluhan Kurt, Yasemin Tas

“…This study aimed to investigate relationships between Turkish middle school students’ perceptions of parental involvement, students’ basic psychological needs, and their engagement in science. …”
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