Publication Date
In 2025 | 53 |
Since 2024 | 194 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 735 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1285 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2436 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Elementary Education | 610 |
Middle Schools | 307 |
Intermediate Grades | 231 |
Secondary Education | 230 |
Grade 5 | 219 |
Grade 6 | 206 |
Grade 4 | 126 |
Junior High Schools | 117 |
Grade 7 | 92 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 86 |
Grade 8 | 63 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Practitioners | 147 |
Researchers | 123 |
Teachers | 83 |
Parents | 48 |
Students | 27 |
Media Staff | 20 |
Policymakers | 20 |
Administrators | 14 |
Counselors | 12 |
Community | 5 |
Support Staff | 4 |
More ▼ |
Location
Australia | 143 |
United Kingdom | 116 |
Canada | 109 |
United Kingdom (England) | 102 |
Turkey | 89 |
Sweden | 61 |
Netherlands | 60 |
Spain | 57 |
China | 41 |
Israel | 41 |
Finland | 37 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 5 |
Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 5 |
Does not meet standards | 1 |
Oratz, Rosalyn; And Others – 1986
This teacher guide illustrates how guidance may be integrated into classroom instruction in grades four through six and highlights ways in which teachers can build a fully integrated guidance process in their classrooms. Section A explains the purpose of the manual as helping teachers to focus on the guidance process as it relates to five guidance…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Decision Making, Emotional Development, Intermediate Grades
Hill, Kenneth A.; And Others – 1985
The relationship between altruistic behavior and popularity found in young children becomes much less defined with older children. In a paired-comparison procedure, 144 children from two elementary schools ranked the relative attractiveness as a potential friend of four fictional children described as altruistic, prosocial-aggressive, good at…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Albert, Robert S.; Runco, Mark A. – 1987
The study examined the perceptions of two gifted samples (n=54) and a nongifted control group (n=130) of preadolescent boys (ages 12-13) regarding their school and peer experiences, intrafamily roles, discipline and identification models, and career choices. Results of a 62-item questionnaire indicated that the group identified as having…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Family Relationship, Gifted, Intelligence Differences
Alexander, Janet; Garrett, Candace – 1976
This paper reviews the literature concerning attitudes of fifth and sixth grade students to provide background information for instructional designers and scriptwriters from the Skills Essential to Learning Project, which develops television/film series and related print materials for different grade levels to enhance the teaching of thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Intermediate Grades

Kenealy, Pamela; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1988
Ratings of the physical attractiveness of 11-to-12-year-old children were obtained, and the association between physical attractiveness and teachers' judgements of these children were examined. Teachers revealed a systematic tendency to rate girls higher than boys, and significant sex differences were observed in teachers' ratings of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Physical Characteristics

Lindholm, Byron W.; And Others – Adolescence, 1984
Examined the influence of age, social class, and maternal employment on changes in nutrition knowledge and dietary quality following a nutrition education program for 10- to 13-year-olds. Results indicated that nutrition knowledge but not dietary quality were increased by the program. (JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dietetics, Eating Habits, Family Influence

Tempest, Phyllis – Journal of American Indian Education, 1985
Using Tennessee Self Concept, the follow-up study evaluated 33 Navajo eighth graders who were part of a seventh grade daily prescriptive intervention program and were part of a previous study of 222 Navajo fifth graders given tests assessing their strength and needs so that an appropriate curriculum could be adopted. (NEC)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adolescents, American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education

Drummond, Robert J. – Research in Rural Education, 1982
Describes differences in preferred modes of group interaction between 743 students from grades four to eight and from four relatively distinct social environments: rural Maine, suburban New Hampshire, urban Columbus, Ohio, and inner city Cincinnati, Ohio. Rural and inner city groups prefer similar modes as do urban and suburban groups. (Author/NEC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Group Behavior
Hecht, Deborah; Schine, Joan; Halsted, Alice; Berkson, Nancy – 1995
Service learning has been proposed as one strategy to empower youth, engage students, and provide real-life applications for classroom learning. One model of service learning, "The Helper Model," which was designed specifically for use with middle school students, is presented here. Data to test the model were collected from over 500…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students
Ullrich, Manuela – 1999
The quality of the parent-parent relationship is considered as an important factor for managing stressful family crises. The assumption in this study is that specific patterns of parent-parent communication make it easier or more difficult to adjust to changes in the family that are required when the first child enters early adolescence. In a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Communication, Family Environment, Family Life

Roddy, Mark – Montessori Life, 1997
Offers background on constructivism as a means of reconceptualizing the ways in which students learn. Given this concept of learning and the Montessori emphasis on contextualized learning, investigates the potential role of the Internet and the World Wide Web in the classroom, including examples of classroom use and career development. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Design

Marsiglia, Flavio Francisco; Miles, Bart W.; Dustman, Patricia; Sills, Stephen – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2002
Surveys of 2,125 seventh-graders in eight urban Southwestern schools and interviews with 60 of them examined the role of family and school in Latino/a preadolescent substance use. Most respondents did not use hard drugs or alcohol. Strong ties to parents and school were protective factors. Recommendations for social work interventions that support…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Family Environment, Family Influence, Grade 7

Todd, Katherine – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1988
Summarizes work by three researchers in the area of young people and libraries. The first examined library habits of pregnant teenagers; the second explored reading interests of children and adolescents and factors involved in their selection of reading materials; and the third advocated making research relevant to those involved in collecting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Collection, Early Parenthood, Elementary Secondary Education

Rubin, Kenneth H.; Mills, Rosemary S. L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Examined correlates of social withdrawal in childhood. Data from peers, teachers, and students in grade two and again in grades four and five revealed two subtypes of social isolation, passive-anxious and active-immature. While active-immature type was infrequent and unstable, passive-anxious type was stable across grades and predictive of…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Elementary Education, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries

Berman, Pearl – Child Welfare, 1990
Describes an open-ended, structured, highly intensive therapy group for sexually abused preteen girls that was the primary mode of treatment for 11 girls from low-income, rural White families with numerous problems. Unique features of the group included simultaneous group and individualized goals. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Females