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Mercer, Sterett H.; Nellis, Leah M.; Martinez, Rebecca S.; Kirk, Megan – Journal of School Psychology, 2011
Academic self-efficacy and perceived teacher support in relation to academic skill growth across one academic year were examined in the study. Participants included 193 5th-grade students. Teachers collected curriculum-based measures (CBM) of reading and math on three occasions as part of routine academic benchmarks, and researchers collected…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Kuppens, S.; Grietens, H.; Onghena, P.; Michiels, D.; Subramanian, S. V. – Journal of School Psychology, 2008
Relational aggression was studied within classroom environments by examining individual and classroom correlates among 2731 children (3rd-5th graders) during two successive measurement years. Multilevel analyses yielded small gender differences for relational aggression, indicating that such aggressive behavior was more associated with girls as…
Descriptors: Aggression, Grade 5, Rejection (Psychology), Gender Differences
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Dearing, Eric; McCartney, Kathleen; Weiss, Heather B.; Kreider, Holly.; Simpkins, Sandra – Journal of School Psychology, 2004
Longitudinal data for 167 low-income children were analyzed to examine associations between family educational involvement during kindergarten, children's feelings about literacy, and children's literacy achievement from kindergarten through fifth grade. The promotive effect of family educational involvement for feelings about literacy and…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Educational Attainment, Kindergarten
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Gest, Scott D.; Welsh, Janet A.; Domitrovich, Celene E. – Journal of School Psychology, 2005
Normative trends and behavioral predictors for three dimensions of social relatedness were examined in a 6-month longitudinal study of 383 students in Grades 3, 4 and 5. Student reports of social relatedness (teacher supportiveness, school supportiveness, loneliness) and liking school indicated that students in each of the grades felt less…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Aggression, Educational Environment, Student Behavior