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Pupils' Reflections on the Primary to Secondary School Transition with Reference to Modern Language Learning: A Motivational Self-System Perspective
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Chambers, Gary N. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Points of transition in life are accepted as times which impact greatly on aspects of the individual's psyche, including motivation to learn. In spite of this, pupils' views are rarely heard in discussions of transition from primary to secondary school in general and in relation to modern languages in particular. This exploratory study…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students
Mastering Developmental Transitions in Immigrant Adolescents: The Longitudinal Interplay of Family Functioning, Developmental and Acculturative Tasks
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Reitz, Anne K.; Motti-Stefanidi, Frosso; Asendorpf, Jens B. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Immigrant youth differ in their adaptation, which is judged on the basis of how well they deal with developmental and acculturative tasks. While immigrant adolescents are faced with the realities of 2 different cultures, they also have to master age-salient tasks, such as self-efficacy and identity development. To get a better insight into the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Acculturation, Longitudinal Studies, Family Relationship
Developing Readiness Within the Culturally Disadvantaged Child
Black, Millard H. – Conf Course Reading Univ Pittsburgh, 1968
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Disadvantaged, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence
A Self Concept Assessment of an Indian High School.
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect the adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Developmental Tasks
The Relationship of the Self Concepts of Indian Adolescents to Certain Personal and Social Variables.
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Comparative Analysis