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Bryan, Mary Anna; Agee, W. Hugh – 1979
Results of a survey of 165 high school students' responses to 100 poems were analyzed and compared to the poetry preferences of elementary school students in a similar study conducted by Ann Terry in 1974. The results showed that humorous and narrative poems appealed to a wide age range. Four of the five most popular poems in the high school…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students
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Direct linkChang, Esther S.; Chen, Chuansheng; Greenberger, Ellen; Dooley, David; Heckhausen, Jutta – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This study investigated ethnic as well as gender and generational similarities and differences in the life goals among graduating high-school seniors. Adolescents came from six ethnic groups: White, African, Mexican, Other Latino, Filipino, and East/Southeast Asian Americans. Their self-articulated medium-range life goals were grouped into 8 major…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, High School Seniors, Adolescents, Ethnic Groups
