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Differences in Extracurricular Activity Participation, Achievement, and Attitudes toward School between Ninth-Grade Students Attending Junior High School and Those Attending Senior High School.

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Gifford, Vernon D.; Dean, Margie M. – Adolescence, 1990

Attempted to determine type of school organization that most benefited ninth-grade students. Results from ninth graders in junior high schools (n=771) and in high schools (n=825) indicated that ninth graders in the junior high school setting participated significantly more in extracurricular activities and achieved significantly higher…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Extracurricular Activities, Grade 9

Adolescent Identity Formation and the Organizational Structure of High Schools.

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Schmiedeck, Raoul A. – Adolescence, 1979

The author describes aspects of the size and organizational structure of high schools which reduce human contact and have a negative influence on the sense of community, the development of relationships, and the formation of personal identity. (Author/SJL)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)