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Tenelle Porter; Diego Catalán Molina; Andrei Cimpian; Sylvia Roberts; Afiya Fredericks; Lisa S. Blackwell; Kali Trzesniewski – Grantee Submission, 2022
School underachievement is a persistent problem in the United States. Direct-to-student, computer-delivered growth-mindset interventions have shown promise as a way to improve achievement for students at risk of failing in school; however, these interventions benefit only students who happen to be in classrooms that support growth-mindset beliefs.…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Intervention, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students
Smith, Darcie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Eighty-seven 4th, 5th and 6th grade students were administered the "Derivational Relatedness Interview" (DRI) (Templeton, Smith, Moloney, Van Pelt, & Ives, 2009). The purpose of this instrument is to explore students' understanding of derivational morphology. During the same week, the subjects were also administered an Upper…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Cunningham, Nancy J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
Commitment and attachment to school and perception of school norms were examined in a sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to determine whether bullies, victims, bully victims, and students who reported no or low levels of bullying and victimization differed in their level of bonding to school and their perceptions of standards and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Bullying, Victims of Crime, Student Attitudes