Development of Self-Concept and the Influence of Goal Orientation Following Transition to Secondary School

In a longitudinal study with 238 fifth graders recommended to attend a Gymnasium (academic track of secondary school), it is examined how the ...

How Students Perceive Their Learning Environment: A Comparison of Four Indices of Interrater Agreement

Learning environments in class rooms are often described using data obtained in students’ questionnaires which are subsequently averaged across the ...

On the Dimensionality of Receptive Skills in English as a Foreign Language

Receptive skills in English as a foreign language of German secondary school students are typically represented by two correlated factors (...

Effects of an Inductive Reasoning Training on the Development of Language and Intelligence in Preschoolers and First Graders from Socially Disadvantaged Districts

Based on a sample of 133 preschoolers and 153 first graders from socially deprived districts,...

Excellent Scholastic Achievement with Average Intelligence – Overachievement in Secondary School

In an explorative study, we compared overachievers (best students of their year; average intelligence) with matched average achievers (similar average ...