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From Nerds to Normals: The Recovery of Identity among Adolescents from Middle School to High School.

Kinney, David A. – Sociology of Education, 1993
Reports on study in which 81 high school students were interviewed about group stratification and its impact on individual adolescents. Finds many students labeled as "nerds" in middle school were able to improve their self-concept and reconstruct themselves as "normal" in high school. Contends expanded range of school activities and more diverse…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Sociology, Individual Development