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Cole, Claire G. – 1981
A model for a middle school guidance program was developed from information on adolescents' developmental tasks, concepts of middle school (including structure and organization), and the theory of guidance and counseling practices. A three by three by four dimensional figure was used to organize the content of the model. The dimensions of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Charts, Counselor Role, Guidance Personnel
Peer reviewedHausenblas, Heather A.; Nigg, Claudio R.; Downs, Danielle Symons; Fleming, David S.; Connaughton, Daniel P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2002
Determinants of exercise for middle school children were addressed by examining the validity of the Stages of Change (SOC) construct of the Transtheoretical Model, as well as the relation between the stages of change and barrier self-efficacy and decisional balance. Findings provided preliminary cognitive and behavioral support for the use of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Athletics, Child Health, Decision Making
Download full textCenter for Collaborative Education, 2001
Turning Points is a New American Schools design for comprehensive middle school reform coordinated by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) in Boston Massachusetts. It focuses on creating a professional collaborative culture and using data-based inquiry to improve teaching and learning for all students. Turning Points seeks to create…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Adolescent Development, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Direct linkHolcomb-McCoy, Cheryl – Professional School Counseling, 2005
The influence of ethnic identity development on adolescents' achievement, self-concept, and behaviors has been reviewed extensively in the literature. However, the role that school counselors play in enhancing middle school students' ethnic identity development has received little attention. This article reviews the definition of ethnic identity…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Adolescent Development, Early Adolescents, Middle Schools
Kang, Sang-Jin – 1997
Over the past 15 years a body of research has investigated organizational transitions in adolescent development. Researchers studying school transitions exclusively ask whether significant transition affects students' social and psychological development. To test the presence of transition effects, researchers have typically observed mean…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Equations (Mathematics), Factor Analysis, Grade 10
Wigfield, Allan; Lutz, Susan L.; Wagner, A. Laurel – Professional School Counseling, 2005
This article discusses development during the early adolescent years with a focus on recent research on the biological, cognitive, self-identity, and motivational changes that occur during this time period and the implications of this research for middle school counselors. Peer influences on early adolescents also are discussed, with the issue of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Middle Schools, School Counselors
