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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"transition to middle school"”.
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Paradigm Transformation: Preparing Students for the Transition To Middle School
… part of a three-part dissertation on effectively transitioning students from elementary school to middle school. Currently, there is no local program to aid students in transitioning from elementary to middle school. The rationale is that by addressing the need for increased focus on improving …
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The Effect of Classroom Structure and Practice on Transition to Middle School
The passage from elementary school to middle school, along with physical, social, and emotional changes associated with adolescence, often results in personal and social, organizational, and academic declines. The classroom structure of elementary school varies between a team teaching setting and a …
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Transition to middle school : self concept and student perceptions in fourth and fifth-graders
The transition from elementary to middle school is a significant period of change for adolescents and is remarkable for several reasons, including the opportunity for new experiences and the potential for other developmental changes to occur simultaneously. Existing literature on transition …
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Students' Adjustment Over the Transition to Middle School: The Role of Caregiver and Teacher Attachments
Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate a model of students' adjustment over the transition from elementary school to middle school. A secure attachment to one's primary caregiver and a secure attachment to one's elementary schoolteacher were hypothesized to predict perceived …
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A longitudinal analysis of teacher vs. student reports of teacher-student relatedness and their relation to engagement across the transition to middle school
… data collected in the fall and spring of one school year; 48% of participants were in 5th grade and 52% of participants were in 6th grade (N = 672, 51% female, 57% White and 43% African-American). Teacher-reports and student-reports of relatedness were moderately positively correlated. The …
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Middle school plunge: a mixed-methods study exploring 6th grade students' perceptions of their transition to middle school experiences and its influences on school achievement and performance for urban youth
… care greatly about their education and want to be successful in school (Corbett & Wilson, 2002). This mixed-methods study sought to explore the correlation between urban students' perceptions of their middle school transitional experiences and The Middle School Plunge academic decline …
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Trajectories of victimization across the school years: individual and peer context predictors
… stressor for some youth but not all youth. To understand the predictors of continuity and discontinuity of overt and relational victimization over an extended period of time, this study examined the independent and unique contributions of predictors that are associated with individual …
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An examination of the relationship between the positive illusory bias and the subtypes of aggression across time: a multi-method perspective
The goal of the current study was to examine the relationship between the positive illusory bias and the subtypes of aggression in a sample of aggressive children (n = 120) across three time points using multiple informants. In addition, a methodological question was explored by using difference …
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Parenting and internalizing symptoms in early adolescence: The moderating role of vagal tone
The present study investigated baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) as moderator of the prospective association between parenting and internalizing symptoms among a group of typically developing adolescents across the transition to middle school. At Time 1 (5th grade; spring before middle …
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Exploring the longitudinal effects of sleep and physical activity on academic achievement across middle childhood and adolescence
… Research has documented normative declines in school motivation and achievement across adolescence. There is some evidence to suggest that engaging in sufficient levels of sleep and physical activity across the transition to middle school might support subsequent achievement. Less is known …
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Middle Level Leaders' Responsiveness to the Needs of the Sixth Grade Student Transitioning to Middle School in Two Virginia School Divisions
The purpose of this study was to identify middle level leaders' perceptions of their responsiveness to students' developmental needs and their support of staff and structures related to meeting those needs. This study also sought a broader understanding of how transition programs aligned with the …
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Evaluation of a multidimensional program for sixth graders transitioning from elementary to middle school
The transition from elementary to middle school has been characterized as one of many “normative life crises" that involves both an increased opportunity for psychological growth and a heightened vulnerability to psychological disturbance. Principles from life stress/transition literature and …
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A multidimensional measurement approach and analysis of children's motivation for reading, attributional style, and reading achievement
… the usefulness of a multi-method approach to the measurement of reading motivation and achievement. A sample of 127 elementary and middle-school children aged 10 to 14 responded to measures of motivation, attributions, and achievement both longitudinally and in a challenging reading …