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Skill-Builders: Improving Middle School Students' Self-Beliefs for Learning Mathematics
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Falco, Lia D.; Crethar, Hugh; Bauman, Sheri – Professional School Counseling, 2008
This article presents findings from a pilot study that examined the effect of a school counselor-led intervention, using the "Skill-Builders" curriculum, on middle-school students' attitudes toward mathematics learning. Results from the current study demonstrated that students who received the Skill-Builders curriculum had significantly…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Scores, School Counselors
When Theory Collides with Practice: One Day in the Life of a Middle School Counselor
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Holowiak-Urquhart, Chris; Taylor, Elizabeth R. – Professional School Counseling, 2005
Viktor Frankl stated, "One of the main features of human existence is the capacity to rise above such conditions, to grow beyond them. Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible and of changing himself for the better if necessary." Effective counselors do this daily, rising above conditions, seizing opportunities to change the…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Middle Schools, School Counseling, Counselor Attitudes
Social Support as a Buffer in the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Academic Performance
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Malecki, Christine Kerres; Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick – School Psychology Quarterly, 2006
The present study was an investigation of the potential moderating effect of social support on academic performance for students living in poverty. Data were collected in one urban middle school from 164 primarily Hispanic students using the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS; Malecki, Demaray, & Elliott, 2000) and students' course…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, School Psychologists, Poverty, Grade Point Average
Impact of a Career Intervention on At-Risk Middle School Students' Career Maturity Levels, Academic Achievement, and Self-Esteem
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Legum, Harry L.; Hoare, Carol H. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a 9-week career intervention program on at-risk middle school students' career maturity levels, self-esteem, and academic achievement. This study was based on a pretest and posttest design using a control group. Data were collected from 27 at-risk middle school students representing the…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Self Esteem
Improving Equity Career Guidance in Indiana Junior High and Middle Schools: Results and Recommendations from a Three Year Project. Equity Career Guidance Monograph #4.
Beymer, Lawrence – 1989
While many youngsters today are successfully mastering the life and career planning process, too many others are not. One faulty coping mechanism is premature closure, the untimely and ill-considered self-narrowing of alternatives. The goal of this project was to help counselors, teachers, and principals develop the insights and skills necessary…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning