The relationship between family and classroom social environment and high school students' self-esteem was studied in 18 tenth-grade classrooms in Hong Kong public schools. As hypothesized, higher self-esteem was associated with students having more positive perceptions of family and classroom. Specific traits of environments producing self-esteem…

The Internal/External (I/E) Frame of Reference Model and the structure of students' self-concept in various academic subjects were examined using 195 Grade 10 Chinese students in Hong Kong. Results of structural equation analyses supported the following: (1) the distinction between Chinese and English as two independent academic subjects (rather…

This study examined the effectiveness of two factors in second language vocabulary teaching: (1) presence or absence of a text; and (2) use of a variety of explanation types. The study's context was three 9th grade and one 10th grade class of English-as-a-Second-Language students in Hong Kong. All classes were taught by different teachers. Their…