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Download full textLesyk, Carolee K.; And Others – 1971
Approximately 600 students (grades 6-9) in a rural school system were evaluated for student attitudes about grouping and its relation to self-concept, school satisfaction, sex, grade, and ability. The 7th and 8th graders were grouped by ability. The other 2 grades were included for purposes of comparison: 6th for anticipatory reactions and 9th for…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Junior High School Students
De Haan, Laura; Gunvalson, Diane – 1997
Early onset of at-risk behaviors has been recognized as an important predictor of severity of negative outcomes during adolescence, but little is known about rural children's involvement in such behaviors and related variables. In two rural Midwest counties with high concentrations of child poverty, a survey of 162 predominantly Caucasian fifth-…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Delinquency, Depression (Psychology)
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1990
Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (N=301) from a rural county in Tennessee (Iris County is a pseudonym) completed a Rural School Success Inventory (RSSI) and the Learning Styles Inventory (LSI). The study explored differences between low Socioeconomic Status (SES) students and middle/high SES students. The RSSI provided information about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Family Characteristics, Grade 6
