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Direct linkGuillaume, Mathieu; Roy, Ethan; Van Rinsveld, Amandine; Starkey, Gillian S.; Uncapher, Melina R.; McCandliss, Bruce D. – Child Development, 2023
Understanding the cognitive processes central to mathematical development is crucial to addressing systemic inequities in math achievement. We investigate the "Groupitizing" ability in 1209 third to eighth graders (mean age at first timepoint = 10.48, 586 girls, 39.16% Asian, 28.88% Hispanic/Latino, 18.51% White), a process that captures…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Child Development, Schemata (Cognition), Mathematics Skills
Kogachi, Kara; Graham, Sandra – Child Development, 2020
This study examined the effects of racial/ethnic segregation (i.e., overrepresentation) in academic classes on belonging, fairness, intergroup attitudes, and achievement across middle school (n = 4,361; M[subscript age T1] = 11.33 years), and whether effects depended on numerical minority status in school and race/ethnicity. Latent growth curve…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Middle School Students, Racial Segregation, Disproportionate Representation
Godfrey, Erin B.; Santos, Carlos E.; Burson, Esther – Child Development, 2019
Scholars call for more attention to how marginalization influences the development of low-income and racial/ethnic minority youth and emphasize the importance of youth's subjective perceptions of contexts. This study examines how beliefs about the fairness of the American system (system justification) in sixth grade influence trajectories of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Beliefs, Grade 6, Predictor Variables
Jagers, Robert J.; Lozada, Fantasy T.; Rivas-Drake, Deborah; Guillaume, Casta – Child Development, 2017
This study used short-term longitudinal data to examine the contributions of democratic teaching practices (e.g., the Developmental Designs approach) and equitable school climate to civic engagement attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors among 515 Black and Latino middle school students (47.9% male). Concurrent experiences of democratic homeroom and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Democratic Values, Equal Education, School Culture
Peer reviewedWentzel, Kathryn R.; Caldwell, Kathryn – Child Development, 1997
Two studies examined relationships of the number of reciprocated friendships, peer acceptance, and group membership to academic achievement in two samples of sixth graders. Found that group membership was the most consistent predictor of grades over time. Longitudinal analyses found that peer relationships were related indirectly to classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Friendship, Group Membership
Peer reviewedRyan, Allison M. – Child Development, 2001
Used social network analysis to investigate the peer group as context for socialization of young adolescents' school motivation and achievement. Found that students' Fall peer context predicted changes in liking and enjoyment of school and achievement over the year. Students' peer context was unrelated to changes in their beliefs about the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Expectation, Longitudinal Studies
