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Middle school’s moment: What the science tells us about improving the middle grades

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, new findings in developmental psychology are shedding a fresh light on what motivates middle schoolers. They’re paying attention to the social world and one way to learn about the social world is to do things for others,” said Andrew Fuligni, a professor-in-residence in UCLA’s psychology department.