Prepared by the Society's Committee on the Middle School Years.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Prologue / Gordon F. Vars -- The age group / Joan Scheff Lipsitz -- The family / John P. Hill -- The school / Donald H. Eichhorn -- The mass media and popular culture / H. Gordon Stevenson -- Youth groups and agencies / Edith Blakeslee Phelps -- The juvenile justice system / Milton G. Rector, Stefanie M. Barth, and Gwen Ingram -- Protecting physical and mental health / David Bromberg, Stephen Commins, and Stanford B. Friedman -- Fostering moral development / Martin L. Hoffman -- Extending rights and responsibilities / Steven Selden -- Promoting cognitive and psycholinguistic development / Morris E. Eson and Sean A. Walmsley -- Enhancing the acquisition of knowledge / David P. Ausubel -- Methods in clinical research / Thomas A. Achenbach -- School-based research / Conrad F. Toepfer, Jr. and Jean V. Marani -- Investigating intelligence in early adolescence / David Elkind -- Evaluative studies / Carol Kehr Tittle