ED379278 SP035811
Title: The Relationship between Instructional Teaming and Self-Esteem
of Sixth Graders Transitioning to a Traditional Junior High.
Author(s): Waggoner, Jan E.
Pages: 18
Publication Date: October 01, 1994
Notes: Paper presented at a Meeting of the Illinois Association of
Teacher Educators (Lisle, IL, October 1, 1994).
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143); Speeches/meeting papers (150)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Illinois
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1995
This study
investigated self-esteem factors related to the transition between
sixth and seventh grade for students in teamed and nonteamed instructional
organization. Two elementary schools of identical structure, facilities,
number of faculty, and student characteristics serve as feeder schools
to the junior high school. Site 1's sixth grade uses an instructional
team approach, while Site 2 remains in self-contained classrooms.
Results of having 171 seventh-grade students complete the Rosenberg
Self-Esteem Scale and another eight-item instrument delineating
factors related to the transition experience indicated a few differences
between students in teamed and nonteamed classrooms. Students from
teamed settings demonstrated a stronger affiliation in school activities,
fewer concerns about the transition to junior high, and anticipation
of being involved in fewer activities in junior high. Concerns of
both groups centered around being late, having difficulty with lockers,
getting lost, and being ill-treated by others. No statistical differences
were found in responses by gender, days absent from school, order
in which personal attributes were rated, or self-esteem. Two-thirds
of both groups believed that they would be better prepared for seventh
grade if they had more than one sixth-grade teacher. Interviews
with teamed teachers, compared to traditional teachers, indicated
that they felt their students elicited fewer indicators of stress
in progressing to junior high. Test question results, participant
variables, and lists of concerns and feelings about self are appended.
(Contains 11 references.) (JDD)
Descriptors: Early Adolescents; Elementary School Students; Elementary
School Teachers; Grade 6; Grade 7; Influences; Intermediate Grades;
Junior High School Students; Junior High Schools; *School Readiness;
Secondary School Teachers; *Self Esteem; *Student Adjustment; *Student
Attitudes; *Teacher Attitudes; *Team Teaching
