EJ454361 EA527348
Title: Assisting the Elementary School Student in the Transition to
a Middle Level School.Author(s): Odegaard, Sandra L.; Heath, Jay A.
Source: Middle School Journal, v24 n2 p21-25 Nov 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0094-0771
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1993
Target Audience: Practitioners
Through a
review of the transition literature and a survey of 225 students
about to enter middle school, the most significant anxieties identified
were the following: (1) space concerns about a new and larger building,
especially getting lost and being late to class; (2) contact with
older and possibly rougher students; and (3) heavy homework assignments.
(12 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: *Elementary School Students; Intermediate Grades; Junior
High Schools; *Middle Schools; *Student Attitudes; *Transitional
Programs
Identifiers: *Middle School Students
