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Dittrich, Ellen – Roeper Review, 2014
This article investigates downgrading from the highest level of secondary education in The Netherlands. "Downgrading" is defined as continuation of secondary education at a lower level. We conduct a longitudinal case study of downgrading in the first 3 years of a secondary school. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Underachievement, Gifted, Secondary School Students
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Hermans, C. A. M.; Koerts, E. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2013
What is spirituality? What is leadership? And what is their relationship? The article presents the concept of "discernment" (Latin: "discretion") as the link ("tertium comperationis") between spirituality and leadership. Spirituality is a way of life in (the growth of) discernment towards human fullness, which is…
Descriptors: Models, Leadership, Spiritual Development, Correlation
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Meeus, Wim – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1996
A review of studies on identity status and of a study involving 2,557 Dutch adolescents who completed the Utrecht-Groningen Identity Development Scale (W. Meeus, 1993) supports a refinement of the identity status model that shows progressive developmental trends and indicates that the difference between high and low statuses increases with age.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Development, Foreign Countries
van Aken, Marcel A. G.; van Lieshout, Cornelis F. M.; Scholte, Ron H. J. – 1998
Most studies of child and adolescent personality have identified three main types (resilients, overcontrollers, and undercontrollers) and further subtypes using Q sort methodology. This study investigated the generalizability of a personality typology by using cluster analysis on the Big-Five scale with adolescents between 12 and 16 years of age.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Bullying
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers