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Stuart, Nina G.; Dunkelberger, J. E. – 1974
Historical changes reflected in the educational goals of black and white high school seniors in 1966 and 1972 were compared. The five orientation dimensions studied were aspiration, expectation, goal deflection, goal certainty, and goal intensity. Data were collected in the four contiguous Northeast Alabama counties of Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anglo Americans, Attitude Change, Blacks
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Goodenow, Carol; Grady, Kathleen E. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1993
The relationships among early adolescents' sense of school belonging, perceptions of their friends' academic values, and academic motivation were studied for 301 African American, white (Anglo), and Hispanic students in 2 urban junior high schools. Correlations between school belonging and motivation-related measures is positive and statistically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Black Students