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ERIC Number: EJ460520
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Individual Differences in the Effects of Educational Transitions on Young Adolescents' Perceptions of Competence and Motivational Orientation.
Harter, Susan; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v29 n4 p777-807 Win 1992
Two studies involving 801 middle school students examined the effects of changing educational environments on children's academic self-concepts and motivation. Overall, the findings suggest that changing emphases in the educational environment have complicated academic outcomes that depend on the individual resources that children bring to the school environment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Competence, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Individual Differences, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Transfer Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Self Concept; Transition Time
Note: Special section with title "Section on Teaching, Learning, and Human Development."