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Direct linkStein, Gabriela Livas; Hussong, Andrea – American Secondary Education, 2007
This study examines high school expectancies in a sample of at-risk, rural youth, and how these expectancies relate to 8th grade functioning, 9th grade functioning, and 9th grade experiences of high school. A total of 76 eighth-graders and their parents, drawn from a larger study of the transition to high school, participated in interviews the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Youth, Grade 9, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedPruitt, B. E.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1991
Sampled 1,004 eighth and tenth graders in 23 rural communities to examine peer influence and drug use. Students who perceived higher degree of drug use among friends and who received more information about drugs from friends used drugs more frequently. Findings support theory that peer pressure is related to drug abuse. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Friendship, Grade 10
Peer reviewedClose, David – Canadian Journal of Education, 1984
Describes the results of survey of 1,100 grade 5, 8, and 11 students to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward world affairs. Notes that age, sex, and class were the most important correlates and that children were only marginally more knowledgeable about domestic politics than international affairs. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
Download full textKeith, Patricia B.; Wetherbee, Michael J.; Kindzia, Debora L. – 1995
Since motivation is an essential element in school success, it becomes critical that school psychologists understand how academic motivation influences middle school students' academic achievement. The behavior characteristics exhibited by academically motivated middle school students and some interventions for at-risk students are reported. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Grade 8, High Risk Students
Kingsley, David E. – 2001
This paper reports on models that clarify the meaning of trends in 8th grade smoking in one of America's most rural and least densely populated states. It is based on cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the "Kansas Communities That Care Survey" from 1995 to 1999. The analysis of trends data is presented in table form utilizing…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Grade 8, Illegal Drug Use, Influences
Reck, Una Mae Lange – 1983
The primary objective of a pilot study was to investigate the educational motivation of rural native Appalachian eighth grade females in terms of educational attitudes, educational decisions, and educational self-concept. Results from the study (sample size: 27) indicate strongly that female Appalachian adolescents, about to enter womanhood, do…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Educational Attitudes
Lassey, Marie; And Others – 1977
During a 3-month period ending in January 1977, questionnaires were given to 889 eighth and twelfth grade students to determine the extent of drinking among rural teenagers in Idaho, and the sociological and psychological factors affecting their drinking habits. At least 16% of 8th graders and 34% of 12th graders drink frequently. A much higher…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Influence
