LibGuides: Middle School Education: Articles &amp; Journals

Finding Articles

The best way to find articles would be to use the Discover@UMSL search tool, which can be found on the library's homepage. Discover brings up many different results from all of our various databases, but not everything. If you would like search on a more specific topic, consider searching directly in one of our subject-specific databases.

Vocabulary

Break down your search into concepts. Develop a list of synonyms.

EXAMPLE: "middle school" AND education

Other terms for middle school could be "junior high," preteen, or "secondary school."
Combining different terms gives you different terms.

Topic

Clearly define your search statement. Trouble spots to look out for:

Too Broad - EXAMPLE: education

Solution: Add another concept to your topic which will narrow your search and make it more focused.
EXAMPLE: education AND "middle school"

Too Narrow - EXAMPLE: education AND "middle school" AND "special needs"

[NOTE: To search a phrase use quotes]

Solution: Remove one secondary concept from your search string.
EXAMPLE: education AND "middle school" ~~AND "special needs"~~

Keyword & Subject Suggestions

Middle School
- Secondary School
- Junior High
- Students
Education
- Learning
- Teaching
- School
- Teaching Methods
- Curriculum
- Academic Achievement

Journal Suggestions

Education, Research and Perspectives
"Initially called The Educand, the title was changed in 1961 to The Australian Journal of Higher Education. The present title was adopted in 1974. Throughout its history, the Journal has been multi-disciplinary in its outlook, with a mixture of general issues and issues devoted to special topics. The Journal welcomes scholarly contributions in the form of empirical research articles, review essays, commentary papers, and book reviews."
Educational Researcher
Educational Researcher (ER) publishes scholarly articles that are of general significance to the education research community and that come from a wide range of areas of education research and related disciplines. Published nine times a year, ER aims to make major programmatic research and new findings of broad importance widely accessible.
Educational Research Quarterly
Education and Health
Contains articles on health education initiatives, relevant research findings, materials & strategies for schools & health-related behavior data about young people.
Education and Information Technologies
This is the official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education. It covers the complex relationships between information and communication technologies and education. The journal provides perspectives at all levels, from the micro of specific applications or instances of use in classrooms to macro concerns of national policies and major projects; from classes of five year olds to adults in tertiary institutions; from teachers and administrators, to researchers and designers; from institutions to open, distance and lifelong learning.
Education Inquiry
The journal is a forum for debate on contemporary education research and policy, changes in teaching and learning across all sectors of education, the nature and processes of education and training, and research in and on teacher education. The readership consists of educators, researchers, and policy makers.
Education Journal Review
Education Research International
Education Week
Education Week is an award-winning independent news organization that has covered K-12 education since 1981. It is known for providing both news and analysis, along with explanatory and investigative journalism.
Journal of Educational Research