EJ292101 RC505299
Title: Orientation to School and Transitions of Children between Primary
Grades.Author(s): Mayfield, Margie I.
Source: Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v29 n4 p272-84 Dec 1983
Publication Date: 1983
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1984
Questionnaires
examined perceptions of Victoria parents (178); principals (36);
K,1,3,4 teachers (186) about children's orientation to kindergarten
and K-1 and 3-4 transitions. Results cover initial adjustment to
school, orientation programs, difficulty making transitions, reasons
for difficulty, K-1 transition classes, shortened kindergarten days
in September. (MH)
Descriptors: *Administrator Attitudes; Elementary Education; *Elementary
School Students; Foreign Countries; Grade 1; Grade 3; Grade 4; Kindergarten;
*Kindergarten Children; *Parent Attitudes; Preschool Education;
Principals; School Orientation; *Student Adjustment; Student Attitudes;
*Teacher Attitudes; Transitional Programs
Identifiers: *British Columbia (Victoria); Shortened School Day
