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Tamm, Anni; Tulviste, Tiia; Tõnissaar, Margus – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
This study examined how values and their congruence with classmates' values relate to psychological adjustment in 460 Estonian adolescents (M[subscript age] = 12.95 years). Participants rated the importance of openness to change, conservation, self-enhancement, and self-transcendence values and their psychological adjustment in seven dimensions.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship
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Tamm, Anni; Tõnissaar, Margus; Jaani, Juta; Tulviste, Tiia – Educational Psychology, 2018
The present study examined associations between boys' and girls' self-reported psychological adjustment and a wide spectrum of peer-rated behaviours in the school context using a sample of 463 Estonian early adolescents (M[subscript age] = 12.90). Although girls had more internalised problems and boys more externalised problems, the associations…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment
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Stein, Kerli; Veisson, Marika; Õun, Tiia; Tammemäe, Tiiu – Education 3-13, 2019
Transition from early childhood education to primary school is a complex phenomenon. This situation, moving from one educational system to another, is exciting, but can also be stressful for the child, her family and preschool teachers. Smooth transition to primary school helps children feel secure, relaxed and comfortable in their new…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, School Readiness
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Kabatas, Mustafa – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2021
In this study, the roles of teachers and school administrators in the adaptation of immigrant students to the school organization were investigated. For this purpose, the opinions of teachers and school administrators were taken for the adaptation of immigrant students to the school organization. The interview form used in the research was created…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Student Adjustment, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Darmody, Merike – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
This article explores secondary school transitions from a comparative perspective. It focuses on a stage at which a major institutional transition takes place in two different educational systems. Over the years a number of international studies have explored different learning environments and their impact on student educational outcomes. Much of…
Descriptors: International Studies, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Comparative Analysis
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Haidkind, Pille; Kikas, Eve; Henno, Helen; Peets, Terje – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
Controlled Drawing Observation (CDO) was developed by Tove Krogh and it has been used in Denmark, Finland and Estonia for assessing a child's readiness for school. CDO is a group test, it gives information about a child's functioning in an educational setting and it serves as a starting point for later individual assessment. The goal of the study…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Observation, Group Testing, Mathematics Achievement