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Marchand, Gwen; Skinner, Ellen A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Models of self-regulated learning and of children's coping both consider help-seeking an adaptive response to academic problems, yet students do not always seek help when it is needed, and help-seeking generally declines across early adolescence. A study of 765 children in elementary and middle school (Grades 3-6) during fall and spring of the…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping, Middle Schools
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Bui, Khanh Van T. – Education, 2005
Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, this report examines eighth grade school variables that might predict college attendance for students whose parents have no college education (n = 2,521). The selected school variables are amenable to public policy and/or skilled leadership, and they include "school structure" (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Student Problems, Public Policy, College Attendance