Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ436973
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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What Are We Doing to Early Adolescents? The Impact of Educational Contexts on Early Adolescents.
Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; And Others
American Journal of Education, v99 n4 p521-42 Aug 1991
Explores the hypothesis that declines in achievement demonstrated in early adolescence result from educational context through a review of studies and analyses using National Education Longitudinal Study data (sample of 24,599 eighth graders). Evidence of a mismatch between school environment and student needs is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Context Effect, Dropouts, Educational Environment, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Low Achievement, Middle Schools, National Surveys, Outcomes of Education, School Role, Student Motivation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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IES Cited: ED546900
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