EJ307223 PS512903
Title: Classroom Organization and Student Stratification.Author(s): Rosenholtz, Susan J.; Simpson, Carl
Source: Elementary School Journal, v85 n1 p21-37 Sep 1984
Publication Date: 1984
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1985
Target Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Hypothesizes
that organizational conditions in classrooms affect aspects of student
motivation, i.e., students' academic self-concepts, their perceptions
of their peers, and their perceptions of school. Research findings
in studies of elementary students confirmed the hypothesis that
classrooms that narrowly define academic ability increase the amount
of stratification within them. (CB)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude; *Class Organization; Elementary
Education; *Elementary School Students; *Motivation; *Peer Relationship;
*Self Concept; Student Characteristics; *Student School Relationship
Identifiers: *Stratification
