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Agosto, Denise E.; Abbas, June – Knowledge Quest, 2016
In thinking about teens and online risks, school librarians need to know researchers generally agree that, despite the popular image of pedophiles and criminals lurking online waiting to harm innocent young people, in reality social media use is only about as risky as most everyday social interactions in the offline world (Agosto and Abbas 2013).…
Descriptors: Social Media, Safety, Adolescents, Internet
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Liu, W. C.; Wang, C. K. J.; Parkins, E. J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
Background: Although several studies support the existence of a negative stream effect on lower-ability stream students' academic self-concept, there is not enough longitudinal research evidence to preclude the possibility that the stream effect may only be temporary. In addition, not much is known about the effect of streaming on changes in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Academic Ability, Longitudinal Studies
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Spall, Katie; Stanisstreet, Martin; Dickson, Dominic; Boyes, Edward – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
Studies exploring school students' views about science have not always distinguished between different branches of science. Here, the views of 1395 secondary school students aged 11-16 about physics and, as a science comparator, biology were determined using a closed-form questionnaire. Over the period of secondary schooling a decreasing…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Physics, Biology, Factor Analysis
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Hong, Zuway-R; Veach, Patricia McCarthy; Lawrenz, Frances – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2004
This study investigated the relationships between psychosocial factors and self-esteem for 1,672 Taiwanese senior high school students (779 boys, 893 girls). Students from Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, completed a Chinese version of the Secondary Student Questionnaire (SSQ), which measures self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stereotyped thinking,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Low Achievement, Personality, Depression (Psychology)