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EJ454360 EA527347
Title: Transition to a Middle Level School: What Kids Say.Author(s): Arowosafe, Donna Schumacher; Irvin, Judith L.
Source: Middle School Journal, v24 n2 p15-19 Nov 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0094-0771
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1993
Target Audience: Parents; Practitioners
Analysis of
writing samples from 135 students and interviews with 6 students
about their experiences as sixth graders centered around 4 questions:
(1) informants about school; (2) amount of stress; (3) safety; and
(4) students' perception of school. Outlines activities that might
improve the informant role of parents, siblings and peers, and teachers.
(10 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades; Junior High Schools; *Middle Schools;
Peer Influence; *Student Attitudes; *Student School Relationship;
*Transitional Programs
Identifiers: *Middle School Students
