ED396193 CG025817
Title: Present and Possible Selves Across the Transition to Middle
Grades School.
Author(s): Anderman, Eric M.; And Others
Author Affiliation: National Center for School Leadership, Urbana,
IL.(BBB28334)
Pages: 10
Publication Date: February 1994
Notes: Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research on Adolescence (San Diego, CA, February 9-13, 1994).
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: R117C80003RT215A00430
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143); Speeches/meeting papers (150)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Michigan
Journal Announcement: RIENOV1996
Changes in
students' (N=313) present and possible "good student"
selves over the transition from elementary school to middle school
are examined by this study. Findings indicate that both present
and possible selves decline over the transition, and that the decline
is greater for males than for females. Holding mastery goals is
related to self-schemata at elementary and middle school. Self-efficacy
is related to present and possible selves only during elementary
school. Holding performance goals becomes related to one's future
possible self during the sixth grade. This result corroborates other
research suggesting that middle school environments are more focused
on grades, comparisons, and relative ability than elementary schools.
Three tables and one figure present data and statistical analysis.
One table presents sample items for the student efficacy and goal
orientation scales that were used in this study. Contains 11 references.
(Author/TS)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration; Adolescent Development; *Early
Adolescents; Elementary Education; Elementary Schools; Grade 6;
Grade 7; Intermediate Grades; *Junior High School Students; Junior
High Schools; Middle Schools; *Self Concept; *Self Efficacy; *Self
Esteem; *Self Motivation; Student Adjustment; Student Attitudes;
Student Motivation
