Exemplary Middle Grades Research: Evidence-Based Studies Linking Theory to
Practice features research published throughout 2009 in MGRJ that has been
identified by our review board as the most useful in terms of assisting educators
with making practical applications from evidence-based studies to classroom and
school settings. The editorial team is pleased to present these studies under one
cover, trusting each will contribute to the existing body of knowledge on middle
grades education in ways that will enable readers to develop theories more fully
and apply findings and implications to a variety of settings.
Studies are presented in chronological order as they appeared in each of the four
issues published during the fourth volume year (2009). Our first three issues 4(1), 4(2), and 4(3) were special
themes wherein guest editors provided the oversight for selection and substantive editorial revisions. Any guest
editors' introductory comments regarding previously published manuscripts appear in italics, followed by the
editor-in-chief 's comments.