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Schneider, Barry H.; Dixon, Kristopher; Udvari, Stephen – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
The purpose of this study is to compare the inter-ethnic and co-ethnic friendships of 390 junior high school students in multi-ethnic neighborhoods of Montreal and Toronto. Friendship dyads were identified on the basis of reciprocal nomination as close friends. The quality of the friendships was measured by questionnaires completed by both members…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Neighborhoods, Conflict, Friendship
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Guida, Frank V.; Ludlow, Larry H. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1989
Compares relative test anxiety of urban seventh- and eighth-grade students in North America and Chile. Finds the following: high-SES students from both cultures had lower test anxiety than low-SES students; Chileans had higher test anxiety than North Americans; low-SES females in both cultures had more test anxiety than low-SES males, but high-SES…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Arnold, Carolyn L.; Kaufman, Phillip D. – 1992
This report examines the effects of both student and school characteristics on mathematics and science achievement levels in the third, seventh, and eleventh grades using data from the 1985-86 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Analyses feature hierarchical linear models (HLM), a regression-like statistical technique that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11