Risk and Urban School Transition in Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Ward, Sharon; Sylva, Judith; Gresham, Frank M.; Wantz-Sutton, Jacqueline L.
Titel	Risk and Urban School Transition in Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 3 (2007), S.147-160 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1946-2077
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; At Risk Students; Early Adolescents; Student Adjustment; Grade 6; Psychological Patterns; Interpersonal Competence; Comparative Analysis; Middle School Students; Elementary School Students; Self Concept; Academic Achievement; Behavior Problems; Educational Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Selbstkonzept; Schulleistung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	This is a comparison study of 244 early adolescents attending sixth grade at either an urban elementary school or an urban middle school. Utilizing four data collection instruments, it compares the adolescent groups' degrees of loneliness, levels of positive self-concept, academic competence, problem behaviors, and social skills. Results indicate that, when compared to the comparison group, the at-risk students present higher levels of loneliness and problem behaviors and lower levels of academic competence, self-concept and social skills across both school contexts. The results are relevant to school adjustment and success as well as providing support for local policy decisions when transitioning students to middle school. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: http://aera-ultr.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10