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Jin, Dou; Bi, Yanling; Yan, Miao – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Recent research has shown that internal factors are important predictors of adaptation, but little research has studied the relationship between a sense of coherence and school adaptation. The present study examined the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship. A total of 1,072 middle students completed self-report…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Student Adjustment, Student Attitudes, Parenting Styles
Knox, Jerica; Gibson, Stephen; Gönültas, Seçil; Mulvey, Kelly Lynn – School Psychology Review, 2021
As researchers and practitioners begin to take a bystander approach toward preventing bullying, which involves a power imbalance between two students, it is important to acknowledge that predictors of bystander intervention may look different in various groups of students. Though school connectedness has been suggested as a predictor, previous…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Intervention, Social Isolation, African American Students
Abdulla Alabbasi, Ahmed M.; Hafsyan, Amnah S. M.; Runco, Mark A.; AlSaleh, Aseel – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2021
Investigations of differences between gifted and nongifted students have examined cognitive abilities, including intelligence quotient (IQ) differences, higher order thinking skills, and divergent thinking (DT). However, little is known about differences in problem finding (PF). Moreover, previous works on gifted students have never explored…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Problem Solving, Brainstorming, Creative Thinking
Santos, Jack Torno Delos; Lim, Roselyn R.; Rogayan, Danilo V., Jr. – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2021
teachers, particularly in providing these students the core competencies to be more globally competitive and functionality literate in science and in biological disciplines in particular. The purpose of this study was to determine the least mastered competencies of 10 graders in different biology competencies they learned from grade 7 to grade 10.…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Secondary School Students, Grade 8
Becherer, Julia; Köller, Olaf; Zimmermann, Friederike – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Although many studies have suggested that students' externalizing (aggressive and rule-breaking) behaviour is detrimental to their academic achievement, the underlying mechanisms have rarely been investigated. Aims: We conducted a longitudinal investigation of whether the negative relation between externalizing behaviour and academic…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Academic Achievement
Vetter, Amy; Lambert, Claire; LeJeune, Marie; Consalvo, Annamary; David, Ann; McDaniel, Dominique – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2022
Framed by theories of youth, culture, identity studies, and literacy identity formation, this article examines how youth articulate themselves as writers. Using interview transcripts, analysis explored writing identity from the perspective of teens in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Findings from this qualitative study suggest that youth used…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Writing (Composition), Self Concept, Suburbs
Machimana, Petronella Nondumiso Nompilo; Genis, Gerhard – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2022
This paper explores and compares the language learning strategies of high and low performing second language (L2) learners participating in peer tutoring. The participating learners were grouped into high and low performing learners based on their scores in English second language. The classification of strategies by Griffiths into base, core and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
Jardí, Andrea; Acquah, Emmanuel O.; Ianos, Maria Adelina; Puigdellívol, Ignasi – European Educational Research Journal, 2022
Expanded Learning Time (ELT) measures have been implemented internationally to reduce the likelihood of academic underachievement among students at risk. The goal of this article is to examine the components of an ELT initiative aimed at supporting students at risk of academic failure in order to optimize the components that can improve its use…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, At Risk Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Aloush, Sami; Tubaishat, Ahmad; ALBashtawy, Mohammed; Suliman, Mohammad; Alrimawi, Intima; Al Sabah, Ashraf; Banikhaled, Yousef – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a basic life support (BLS) educational course given to 110 middle school children, using a pretest posttest design. In the pretest, students were asked to demonstrate BLS on a manikin to simulate a…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, First Aid, Training, Middle School Students
Schweder, Sabine; Raufelder, Diana; Kulakow, Stefan; Wulff, Tino – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Research has shown that there are positive associations between students' goals and learning behavior. However, less is known about these associations for adolescent students in competency-based learning compared to adolescent students in teacher-directed learning. The current study was conceptualized with the aim of getting more in-depth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies
Gremmen, Mariola C.; Berger, Christian; Ryan, Allison M.; Steglich, Christian E. G.; Veenstra, René; Dijkstra, Jan K. – Child Development, 2019
This study examined to what extent adolescents' and their friends' risk behaviors (i.e., delinquency and alcohol use) hinder or promote their academic achievement (grade point average [GPA]), and vice versa. Longitudinal data were used (N = 1,219 seventh- to ninth-grade adolescents; M[subscript age] = 13.69). Results showed that risk behaviors…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior, Risk, Delinquency
Lahtero, Tapio Juhani; Ahtiainen, Raisa Susanna; Lång, Niina – Educational Research and Reviews, 2019
This study looks at the views of Finnish comprehensive school principals on distributed leadership and presents discussion on the leadership training required by principals and looks at it in relation to the views of principals. In Finland the qualification requirements for principals are based on their experience as teachers, and studies in…
Descriptors: Principals, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership
Havik, Trude; Ertesvåg, Sigrun K. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The aim of this study was to explore trajectories of teachers' instructional support as perceived by students during a national initiative to develop lower secondary schools. Grade eight and nine students (N = 815) from nine Norwegian schools participated in three waves of data collection within one-and-a-half academic years. Growth mixture model…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Secondary School Teachers
Drummond, Ines Guzman – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The effects of transition impact students in many ways. As students develop and mature, a concerted effort must be made to improve students' transition to high school. The purpose of this study was to identify major issues educators face when working with students transitioning to high school. The following research questions were developed and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Grade 8, Grade 9, School Districts
Roberts, Abigail K.; Spangenberg, Erica D. – Pythagoras, 2020
Many learners are unmotivated to learn mathematics due to a lack of attention, irrelevance of mathematics, low self-confidence and dissatisfaction. However, peer tutoring can afford learners opportunities to engage with other individuals who have overcome similar challenges in the learning of mathematics and who can motivate them to become…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Role Perception, Learning Motivation