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Direct linkLee, Bommi – Comparative Education, 2014
School tracking is usually criticised as a mechanism for social and cultural reproduction. Evidence from the literature shows a significant effect of early tracking on social inequality. Some studies also show that early tracking has a negative effect on the probability of completing higher education. This study uses PISA 2009 data and the…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status
Bassi, Marta; Steca, Patrizia; Delle Fave, Antonella; Caprara, Gian Vittorio – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This study investigated learning activities and associated quality of experience of students with different levels of perceived academic self-efficacy. Two groups were formed out of 130 Italian adolescents (age 15-19), one with high and one with low academic self-efficacy beliefs (31 and 32 participants, respectively). Students provided valuation…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Self Efficacy, Academic Ability, Foreign Countries
Steca, Patrizia; Alessandri, Guido; Vecchio, Giovanni Maria; Caprara, Gian Vittorio – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
This study aims to explore the utility of the resilient, overcontrolled, and undercontrolled personality prototypes in discriminating adolescents with respect to their academic and social functioning and success. One-hundred and twelve male and 95 female Italian adolescents (mean age = 17 years old) participated in the study and filled out a…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Adolescents, Multivariate Analysis
