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Reck, Una Mae Lange – 1982
A follow-up study built on a 1980 study which compared the self-concept of 86 rural Appalachian sixth graders with 80 urban non-Appalacian sixth graders using the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale; then the rural Appalachian sample scored significantly lower in general self-concept and on four self-concept clusters. Where the original…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Anxiety, Cultural Context
Herzog, Mary Jean R. – 1996
This paper examines rural conditions from three perspectives: education, demographics, and economics from national, state and regional data sources; Rural Attitude Survey data from students at Western Carolina University in the Appalachian mountain region; and concerns of teachers about education in the region derived from focus group discussions.…
Descriptors: College Students, Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
