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Benito, Ricard; Alegre, Miquel Angel – Educational Research, 2012
Background: This article engages with the tradition of educational transitions research, particularly with its attempt to evaluate the effect of exogenous variables on educational attainment. The study revisits a number of hypotheses that have attempted to explain the changing patterns of such effects throughout students' educational career,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Predictor Variables, Context Effect

Cameron, Patricia A.; And Others – Roeper Review, 1995
This study examined the social context in which crystallizing experiences (experiences which solidify the individual's awareness of some aspect of the self) occurred among 422 gifted adolescents. Results found that most crystallizing experiences took place in public settings, were related to personal achievement, required no conscious…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Context Effect, Emotional Response

Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Barber, Bonnie L. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999
Examined benefits/risks of participation in five types of extracurricular activities (prosocial, team sports, school involvement, performing arts, academic clubs). Data for 1,259 adolescents were drawn from the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions. Found that prosocial involvement was linked to positive educational trajectories and low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons