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ERIC Number: EJ660736
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
In the Middle of the Middle: Seventh-Grade Girls' Literacy and Identity Development.
Broughton, Mary Ariail; Fairbanks, Colleen M.
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v46 n5 p426-35 Feb 2003
Looks at the ways in which a group of girls perceived themselves and how their perceptions and behaviors changed as they moved from the sixth grade to the seventh grade. Focuses on the ways that early adolescents develop their identities in school contexts. Concludes that the girls indicated that they were grateful for their occasions when they were allowed to share their ideas and their lives. (SG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Ethnography, Females, Grade 7, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Schools, Reading Instruction, Student Attitudes, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Identity Formation