Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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A methodology for research with young students -- Hillside : on the way to somewhere else -- Lakeview : journey's end -- Mountainview Middle School -- Sixth grade hopes, seventh grade discoveries -- A transition for parents and teachers -- Classrooms, teams, and teaching styles -- How students shape less-structured environments -- Peer, home, and school self-esteem -- Extracurricular participation -- Ability grouping -- Success and struggle in the transition to middle school -- Implications for research, policy, and practice.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Addressing the issues of educational equity and social class diversity, Donna Marie San Antonio documents the challenges adolescents face when making the transition from elementary school to middle school. The book explorers the values, resources, and ways of interacting that students from diverse economic backgrounds bring from their families and communities, and how they are enabled or discouraged from integrating these assets in their new school environments."--Jacket.
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00025125
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Title
Adolescent lives in transition.
International Standard Book Number
0791460363
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle school students-- United States-- Social conditions-- 21st century, Case studies.
Middle schools-- United States-- Sociological aspects, Case studies.