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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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Teacher Involvement as a Protective Factor from the Association between Race-Based Bullying and Smoking Initiation
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Earnshaw, Valerie A.; Rosenthal, Lisa; Carroll-Scott, Amy; Peters, Susan M.; McCaslin, Catherine; Ickovics, Jeannette R. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2014
Experiencing bullying as a victim is associated with negative health and health behavior outcomes, including substance use, among adolescents. However, understandings of protective factors--factors that enhance adolescents' resilience to the negative consequences of bullying--remain limited. The current study investigates whether teacher…
Descriptors: Smoking, Bullying, Race, Correlation
Relation between Perceived Scholastic Competence and Social Comparison Mechanisms among Elementary School Children
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Boissicat, Natacha; Pansu, Pascal; Bouffard, Therese; Cottin, Fanny – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
According to the literature, among social comparison mechanisms, identification with an upward target would be the most frequent mechanism that students report to use. However, it remains unclear how the identification and the contrast mechanisms contribute to the construction of pupils' scholastic perceived competence. The aim of this study was…
Descriptors: Identification, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence, Foreign Countries
Multiple Peer Victimization among Elementary School Students: Relations with Social-Emotional Problems
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Raskauskas, Juliana – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2010
Research has indicated that children exposed to multiple risks often report worse mental health and academic performance than those experiencing only one risk. The present research examines whether exposure to more than one form of peer victimization (multiple peer victimization) at school is related to reports of negative outcomes. Eighty-six…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Emotional Problems, Grade 4, Grade 5
The Relationship between Parental Involvement, Self-Regulated Learning, and Reading Achievement of Fifth Graders: A Path Analysis Using the ECLS-K Database
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Xu, Min; Kushner Benson, Susan N.; Mudrey-Camino, Renee; Steiner, Richard P. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2010
This study examined the relationship between parental involvement, self-regulated learning (SRL), and reading achievement through analyzing the fifth grade data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K). The results identified six dimensions of parental involvement that are likely to foster SRL of fifth…
Descriptors: Homework, Extracurricular Activities, Reading Achievement, School Involvement
Mathematics Self-Efficacy: Stereotype Threat versus Resilience
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Schweinle, Amy; Mims, Grace A. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
Children's academic self-efficacy is one of the strongest predictors of achievement (Wigfield and Eccles, "Contemporary Educational Psychology" 25(1): 68-81, 2000). The present research examined mathematics self-efficacy and the relationship of racial context from the perspective of two competing bodies of research. Stereotype threat theory would…
Descriptors: African American Students, Ethnicity, Educational Research, Stereotypes
When the Wheels on the Bus Go Round: Social Interactions on the School Bus
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Galliger, Courtney C.; Tisak, Marie S.; Tisak, John – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
Children's social interactions are often dependent upon the setting or context in which they occur. The current study explored the school bus as a unique context for social interaction. One hundred and fifty-seven elementary school students (78 males and 79 females), in grades 3, 4, and 5, completed a questionnaire concerning the rate and types of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, School Buses, Aggression, Bus Transportation