Download or read book Social and Self Processes Underlying Mathematics and Science Achievement in Early Adolescence written by Heather Ann Bouchey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Social and Self Processes Underlying Math and Science Achievement written by Heather Bouchey and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In general, America's students are not faring well in science and mathematics. The chapters in this volume employ novel conceptual and empirical approaches to investigate how social and individual factors interact to effect successful math and science achievement. Each of the chapters is solidly grounded in theory and provides new insight concerning the integration of student-level and contextual influences. Inclusion of youth from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds is a salient feature of the volume. This is the 106th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.

Download or read book Social and Self Process Underlying Math and Science Achievement written by Heather A. Bouchey and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Social and Self Processes Underlying Math and Science Achievement written by Bouchey Heather A. and Winston Cynthia E. editors and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adolescent Development and School Achievement in Urban Communities written by Gary Creasey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely volume explores essential themes, issues, and challenges related to adolescents’ lives and learning in underserviced urban areas. Distinguished scholars provide theoretically grounded, multidisciplinary perspectives on contexts and forces that influence adolescent development and achievement. The emphasis is on what is positive and effective, what can make a real difference in the lives and life chances for urban youths, rather than deficits and negative dysfunction. Going beyond solely traditional psychological theories, a strong conceptual framework addressing four domains for understanding adolescent development undergirds the volume: developmental continuities from childhood primary changes (biological, cognitive, social) contexts of development adolescent outcomes. A major federal government initiative is the development of programs to support underserviced urban areas. Directly relevant to this initiative, this volume contributes significantly to gaining a realistic understanding of the contexts and institutions within which urban youths live and learn.

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Download or read book Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science Socioemotional Processes written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential reference for human development theory, updatedand reconceptualized The Handbook of Child Psychology and DevelopmentalScience, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work towhich all others are compared. First published in 1946, and now inits Seventh Edition, the Handbook has long been consideredthe definitive guide to the field of developmental science. Volume 3: Social, Emotional, and Personality Developmentpresentsup-to-date knowledge and theoretical understanding of theseveral facets of social, emotional and personality processes. Thevolume emphasizes that any specific processes, function, orbehavior discussed in the volume co-occurs alongside and isinextricably affected by the dozens of other processes, functions,or behaviors that are the focus of other researchers' work. As aresult, the volume underscores the importance of a focus on thewhole developing child and his or her sociocultural and historicalenvironment. Understand the multiple processes that are interrelated inpersonality development Discover the individual, cultural, social, and economicprocesses that contribute to the social, emotional, and personalitydevelopment of individuals Learn about the several individual and contextual contributionsto the development of such facets of the individual as morality,spirituality, or aggressive/violent behavior Study the processes that contribute to the development ofgender, sexuality, motivation, and social engagement The scholarship within this volume and, as well, across the fourvolumes of this edition, illustrate that developmental science isin the midst of a very exciting period. There is a paradigm shiftthat involves increasingly greater understanding of how todescribe, explain, and optimize the course of human life fordiverse individuals living within diverse contexts. ThisHandbook is the definitive reference for educators,policy-makers, researchers, students, and practitioners in humandevelopment, psychology, sociology, anthropology, andneuroscience.

Download or read book Mathematics and Science Achievement in Adolescence the Effects of Life Course Goals and Self concept written by Linda R. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated the individual and combined effects of life course goals (academic and social) and self-concept (academic, social, and mathematics) on mathematics and science achievement in high school (cross-sectional sample from grades 9-12). These effects were examined as a function of grade, sex and educational class condition (males; females from coeducational classes; females from a single sex intervention program). This subject pool (n = 522) was drawn from a larger longitudinal study. Responses to self-report questionnaires were combined with Ontario School Record data. Mathematics self-concept, academic self-concept, and academic goals declined throughout the high school years. Mathematics self-concept was lowest among females without the special educational experience. Females reported higher levels of importance of mathematics and science to desired careers. Mathematics self-concept, academic self-concept, and time on mathematics were consistently significant predictors of mathematics and science achievement for the full sample and among the various subgroups, but these patterns differed somewhat by sex and educational experience, suggesting that the impact of goals and self-concept may alternate as a function of educational context.

Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Download or read book New Horizons in Developmental Theory and Research written by Lene Arnett Jensen and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2005-10-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inaugural issue by the new editors-in-chief brings together a group of cutting-edge developmental scholars who each report on promising new lines of theory and research within their specialty areas. Their essays cover a selection of important topics including emotion-regulation, family socialization, friendship, self, civic engagement, media, and culture. In the succinct, engaging essays, all authors provide thought-provoking views of the horizons in the field. This is the 109th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.

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Download or read book The Intersections of Personal and Social Identities written by Margarita Azmitia and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together in interdisciplinary set of social scientists who are pioneering ways to research and theorize the connections between personal and social identity in children, adolescents and emerging adults. The authors of the seven chapters address the volume's three goals: Illustrating how theory and research in identity development are enriched by an interdisciplinary approach Providing a rich developmental picture of personal and social identity development Examining the connections among multiple identities Several chapters provide practical suggestions for individual, agencies, and schools and universities that work with children, adolescent, and emerging adult in diverse communities across the United States. This is the 120th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. The mission of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in the field of child and adolescent development. Each volume focuses on a specific "new direction" or research topic, and is edited by an expert or experts on that topic.

Download or read book Psychology of Education Schools teachers and parents written by Peter K. Smith and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conventionality in Cognitive Development How Children Acquire Shared Representations in Language Thought and Action written by Mark A. Sabbagh and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important part of cognitive development is coming to think in culturally normative ways. Children learn the right names for objects, proper functions for tools, appropriate ways to categorize, and the rules for games. In each of these cases, what makes a given practice normative is not naturally given. There is not necessarily any objectively better or worse way to do any of these things. Instead, what makes them correct is that people agree on how they should be done, and each of these practices therefore has an important conventional basis. The chapters in this volume highlight the fact that successful participation in practices of language, cognition, and play depends on children's ability to acquire representations that other members of their social worlds share. Each of these domains poses problems of identifying normative standards and achieving coordination across agents. This volume brings together scholars from diverse areas in cognitive development to consider the psychological mechanisms supporting the use and acquisition of conventional knowledge. This is the 115th volume of the quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.

Download or read book Leaks in the Pipeline to Math Science and Technology Careers written by Janis E. Jacobs and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the world, the need for highly trained scientists and technicians remains high, especially for positions that require employees to have a college degree and skills in math, science, and technology. The pipeline into these jobs begins in high school, but many "leaks" occur before young people reach the highly educated workforce needed to sustain leadership in science and technology. Students drop out of the educational pipeline in science and technology at alarming rates at each educational transition beginning in high school, but women and ethnic minority youth drop out at a faster rate. Women and minorities are consistently underrepresented in science and engineering courses and majors. They account for a small portion of the work force in high-paying and more innovative jobs that require advanced degrees. This schism between the skills necessary in our ever-changing economy and the skill set that most young adults acquire is troubling. It leads us to ask the question that forms the basis for this issue: Why are adolescents and young adults, particularly women and minorities, opting out of the math, science, and technology pipeline? The volume addresses gender and ethnic differences in the math, science, and technology pipeline from multiple approaches, including theoretical perspectives, a review of the work in this field, presentation of findings from four longitudinal studies, and a discussion of research implications given the current educational and economic climate. This is the 110th issue of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.