Adolescent Lives in Transition

Donna Marie San Antonio is Lecturer on Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and the founder and co-director of the Appalachian Mountain Teen Project.

• List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments List of People Introduction: Social Class and Adjustment to School in Rural Places 1. A Methodology for Research with Young Students Part I—The Towns Introduction2. Hillside—On the Way to Somewhere Else3. Lakeview—Journey's EndConclusion Part II—The School and its Teachers and Students Introduction4. Mountainview Middle School5. Sixth Grade Hopes, Seventh Grade Discoveries6. A Transition for Parents and Teachers7. Classrooms, Teams, and Teaching Styles8. How Students Shape Less-Structured EnvironmentsConclusion Part III—The Emotional, Participatory, and Academic Realms of Students' Lives Introduction 9. Peer, Home, and School Self-Esteem10. Extracurricular Participation11. Ability Grouping12. Success and Struggle in the Transition to Middle School13. Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice Appendix 1. Comparisons of Educational and Economic FactorsAppendix 2. Rubric for Defining Socioeconomic Status CategoriesAppendix 3. Recommendations of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent DevelopmentAppendix 4. Student QuestionnaireAppendix 5. Table of Self-Esteem MeansAppendix 6. Student Participation SurveyAppendix 7. Town and Gender Comparisons of California Achievement Test Scores Notes References Index