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Direct linkGibbons, Melinda M.; Borders, L. DiAnne – Career Development Quarterly, 2010
The authors investigated differences in college-going expectations of middle school students who would be the 1st in their families to attend college. Social-cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994) was used to examine college-related expectations in 272 seventh-grade students. Differences were found between…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Academic Aspiration, Middle School Students, Grade 7
Usinger, Janet – Career Development Quarterly, 2005
The findings in this article are from the first phase of a 5-year longitudinal interpretive study that seeks an understanding of how students enrolled in academically low-achieving schools located in economically disadvantaged areas socially construct their academic and career aspirations. This article describes the general perceptions that…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 7, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
