For many years, middle school educators seem to be unclear about the curricular experiences for young adolescents, but contemporary perspectives contend the middle school curriculum should reflect:

a. an extension of the elementary curriculum where basic skills can be mastered and self-esteem can be emphasized.
b. a forerunner of the secondary curriculum, perhaps best called a "watered-down" secondary curriculum that prepares young adolescents for the secondary school.
c. a single-subject orientation, one that emphasizes academic achievement in each curricular area, prior to any formal curricular integration.
d. both integrative and exploratory curricular experiences that focus on young adolescents' diversity of young adolescent such as their developmental characteristics and needs.


d

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a. True b. False

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