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African American and European American Students' Peer Groups during Early Adolescence: Structure, Status, and Academic Achievement
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Wilson, Travis; Karimpour, Ramin; Rodkin, Philip C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
Focusing on a sample of 382 African American (206 female) and 264 European American (132 female) students in diverse fourth and fifth grade classrooms, this study investigated three questions concerning the connections between peer groups and academic achievement during early adolescence: (a) How is group structure (i.e., hierarchy and cohesion)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Educational Practices, Group Structure
Sense of Belonging: Implications for Latino Students' Academic Achievement in U.S. Schools
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Casillas, Rhonda Soledad – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which academic achievement in U.S. schools could be explained by several indicators of belongingness (i.e., close teacher-student relationships, peer acceptance, school liking, low levels of loneliness in school and positive perceptions of peers) and school engagement. For this study, data…
Descriptors: Caring, Academic Achievement, Group Structure, Grade 3