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Atteberry, Allison; Wedow, Robbee; Cook, Nathan J.; McEachin, Andrew – Educational Policy, 2022
Using a dataset that includes over 17 million students from across all 50 states, we estimate the causal impact of making structural transitions into middle school (in grades 4, 5, 6, or 7) on student math and reading achievement trajectories. This dataset provides an ideal opportunity to engage in the valuable scientific practice of conducting…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Middle School Students, Developmental Tasks, Student Adjustment
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Konig, Susanne; Gluck, Judith – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Previous studies with adults have shown that age has an important influence on laypeople's wisdom theories. However, children's and adolescents' understanding of the concept of wisdom has hardly been investigated. In the current study, 80 children and adolescents completed a questionnaire concerning an event where they had been wise and an event…
Descriptors: Barriers, Accidents, Age, Adolescents
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Gest, Scott D.; Sesma, Arturo, Jr.; Masten, Ann S.; Tellegen, Auke – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
This study examined the differential developmental significance of multiple domains of peer reputation in childhood for current and future competence and symptoms. Participants were 205 children from a normative school cohort who completed assessments in grades 3-6 and then again 10 years later. Through re-analysis of original data from the…
Descriptors: Competence, Reputation, Correlation, Well Being