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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Kiuru, Noona; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Leskinen, Esko; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
The present study investigated the extent to which peer group similarity in school burnout is due to peer group influence and the extent to which it is due to peer group selection. Moreover, the roles of academic achievement and gender in school burnout were examined. A total of 611 ninth graders were examined at the beginning of the final term of…
Descriptors: Burnout, Academic Achievement, Peer Groups, Grade 9
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Rytkonen, Katja; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
The present study investigated the causes to which parents attribute their children's academic successes and failures during children's transition from preschool to primary school. It followed 182 mothers and 167 fathers of 207 children. The parents completed a questionnaire concerning their causal attributions, level of education, and parenting…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Parenting Styles, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory