Schools as context for human development / Judith L. Meece and Victoria A. Schaefer --
An ecological view of schools and development / Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Robert Roeser. Part II Classroom contexts --
Classroom environments and developmental processes : conceptualization and measurement / Bridget K. Hamre and Robert C. Pianta --
Linking the classroom context and the development of children's memory skills / Peter Ornstein, Jennifer Coffman, Jennie Grammer, Priscilla San Souci and Laura McCall --
Learner-centered practices : providing the context for positive learner development, motivation, and achievement / Barbara McCombs --
Students' relationships with teachers / Kathryn R. Wentzel --
The challenges and promise of research on classroom goal structures / Tim Urdan. Part III Schools as social context for development --
School contexts that promote student's positive development / Victor Battistich --
School contexts and the development of adolescents' peer relations / Jill V. Hamm and Lei Zhang --
Individual and contextual influences on bullying : perpetration and victimization / Dorothy L. Espelage, Melissa K. Holt, and V. Paul Poteat. Part IV Developmental effects of school transitions --
The transition to school in rural America : a focus on literacy / Lynne Vernon-Feagans, Kathleen Gallagher, and Kirsten Kainz --
Literacy development in the transition to school : an integrative framework / Frederick J. Morrison and Carol McDonald Connor --
Middle school transitions and adolescent development / Eric M. Anderman and Christian E. Mueller --
Bringing rigor to the study of rigor : are advanced placement courses a useful approach to increasing college access and success for urban and minority youths? / Melissa Roderick and Ginger Stoker. Part V Schooling and educational equity --
Socioeconomic status : its broad sweep and long reach in education / Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, and Linda S. Olson --
Expectations, stereotypes, and self-fulfilling prophecies in classroom and school life / Clark McKown, Anne Gregory, and Rhona S. Weinstein --
The schooling of African American children / Stephanie J. Rowley, Beth Kurtz-Costes, and Shauna M. Cooper --
Parental and school influence promoting academic success among Latino students / Rosario Ceballo, Marisela Huerta, and Quyen Epstein-Ngo --
Schooling, cultural diversity, and student motivation / Revathy Kumar and Martin L. Maehr. Part VI School organization and educational policy --
Issues in studying the effects of retaining students with high-stakes promotion tests : findings from Chicago / Elaine Allensworth and Jenny Nagako --
School calendars and academic achievement / Harris Cooper, Geoffrey Borman, and Ron Fairchild --
Developmental and educational role of recess in school / Anthony Pellegrini and Danielle Dupuis --
Protect, prepare, support, and engage : the roles of school-based extracurricular activities / Bonnie J. Barber, Margaret R. Stone, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles --
After-school program participation and children's development / Joseph L. Mahoney, Maria E. Parente and Edward F. Zigler --
Parents' involvement in children's schooling : a context for children's development / Eva M. Pomerantz and Elizabeth A. Moorman. Part VII School-based interventions --
The Yale Child Study Center School Development Program / James Comer --
Success for all : prevention and early intervention in school wide reform / Robert E. Slavin and Nancy A. Madden --
The talent development middle grades model : a design for improving early adolescents' developmental trajectories in high-poverty schools / Douglas J. Mac Iver, Allen Ruby, Robert W. Balfanz, Leslie Jones, Fran Sion, Maria Garriott, and Vaughn Byrnes --
The impact of concept-oriented reading instruction on students' reading motivation, reading engagement and reading comprehension / Allan Wigfield and John J. Guthrie --
Taking "steps" toward positive social relationships : a transactional model of intervention / Karin S. Frey and Susan B. Nolen.