Investigated the construct validity of the Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory, using approximately 1500 elementary school students. Also investigated grade level differences in preadolescent and adolescent children. (Author/ED)

Students enrolled in three school districts in Northern Illinois were investigated to determine the relationship between the self-esteem of selected groups of intermediate grade children and their attitude toward reading, in terms of their sex, grade level, classification of school, and various combinations of these factors. Data was collected by…

Investigates whether differences exist between the self-esteem of the adolescent with learning disabilities and normally achieving adolescents, the dimensions of self concept in which these differences occur, and the relationship between self concept and the number of years in the special classroom for the adolescent with learning disabilities.…

City School, an experimental school run by the Vancouver School Board, completed its first year of operation in 1972. It offers a flexible alternative to other available school programs for approximately 100 students in Grades 5 to 10. The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory was administered to students in January and again in May 1972. A comparison…