<vcard>BEGIN:vCard\VERSION:3.0\FN:B. Bradford Brown\ORG:University of Wisconsin-Madison\ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;;1000 Bascom Mall;Suite 377;Madison;WI;53706;US\END:vCard</vcard>, <vcard>BEGIN:vCard\VERSION:3.0\FN:Adam Gamoran\ORG:University of Wisconsin-Madison\ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;;1025 W. Johnson St.;;Madison;WI;53706;US\END:vCard</vcard>, <vcard>BEGIN:vCard\VERSION:3.0\FN:Susie D. Lamborn\ORG:University of Wisconsin-Madison\ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;;1000 Bascom Mall;Suite 377;Madison;WI;53706;US\END:vCard</vcard>, et al. · 1993 · Choice Reviews Online · 1,119 citations
Findings from five main projects in the National Center on Effective Secondary Schools, which operated from December 1, 1985 to February 28, 1991, are presented. Projects investigated different aspects of engagement and achievement problems through literature reviews, analyses of existing data sets, and new studies of students and staff in 32 middle and 62 high schools throughout the United States. Material from the projects is integrated into the following chapters: (1) "The Significance and Sources of Student Engagement" (F. M. Newmann, G. G. Wehlage, and S. D. Lamborn); (2) "Taking Students Seriously" (A. Gamoran and M. Nystrand); (3) "Higher-Order Thinking and Prospects for Classroom Tho