Research on the Transition from Elementary School into the Next

question 79

Multiple Choice

Research on the transition from elementary school into the next level of education has shown that

• A)when adolescents make a change is more important than the characteristics of their new school.
• B)transition at grade six is much easier than transition at grade eight.
• C)the less degree of control that students feel following the transition the greater their academic motivation.
• D)supportive teachers in the new school are actually detrimental to academic motivation.

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