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Publication Date: 2006
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School Belonging and the African American Adolescent: What do We Know and Where Should We Go?
Booker, Keonya Charlyn
High School Journal, v89 n4 p1-7 Apr-May 2006
Research shows, for African American adolescents, issues of school belonging, identification, and engagement are critical to academic performance and successful completion of high school. In the existing literature, school belonging has been significantly linked with teacher support, peer relations, motivation, engagement, and academic performance. This paper reviews major findings on school belonging for this group of students, and offers future directions for research.
Descriptors: Adolescents, African American Students, Academic Achievement, High Schools, Peer Relationship, Student Attitudes, Identification (Psychology), Academic Persistence, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Motivation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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