Anfara, Vincent A., Jr., and Leonard Waks, Resolving the Tension Between Academic Rigor and Developmental Appropriateness: Part I, Middle School Journal, 32(November, 2000), 46-51.*

Abstract

Demonstates that there need not be a dualism between developmentally appropriate curriculum and subject-centered academic knowledge; Part II [MSJ, 32(January,2001), 25-30] describes the difference between adult patterns of academic knowledge and youth\u27s knowledge-in-use; implications are drawn for middle school education