Primary-Secondary Transitions Articles
Hoffman, A. J., & Schacter, H. L. (2024). The promise of an identity-based self-affirmation intervention in protecting against self-esteem declines at the high school transition. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001789
Palmu, I. R., Määttä, S. J., Närhi, V. M., & Savolainen, H. K. (2024). ADHD-symptoms and transition to middle school: The effects of academic and social adjustment. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 39(1), 48–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2023.2191106
Saville, K., Leaton Gray, S., Perryman, J., & Hargreaves, E. (2024). Creating year 7 bubbles to support primary to secondary school transition: A positive pandemic outcome? Education 3-13, 52(1), 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2186977
Smyth, E., & Privalko, I. (2024). School transition difficulty in Scotland and Ireland: A longitudinal perspective. Educational Review, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2337889
Snozzi, R., A. Zurbriggen, C. L., & Müller, C. M. (2024). School transfers in special education: Frequency, direction, and timing of transfers between different school settings. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 39(2), 249–264. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2023.2207056
Sundqvist, A.J.E, Hemberg, J., Nyman-Kurkiala, P., & Ness, A. (2024) Are educational transitions related to young people’s loneliness and mental health: a systematic review, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 29:1, 2373278, DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2024.2373278
Palmu, I. R., Sami J., M., Vesa M., N., & Hannu K., S. (2023). ADHD symptoms and maladaptive achievement strategies: The reciprocal prediction of academic performance beyond the transition to middle school. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 28(1), 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2023.2189404
Ratelle, C. F., Vargas Lascano, D. I., Guay, F., & Duchesne, S. (2023). Need satisfaction profiles during the transition to secondary school and its implications in later education. Learning and Individual Differences, 107, 102357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102357Simić, N., & Vukelić, M. (2023). The Transition to Vocational Secondary School in Serbia: A Two-Wave Moderated Mediation Study on School Climate, Teacher Support, Engagement and School Adjustment. SAGE Open, 13(1), 215824402311648. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231164899
Strnadová, I., Dowse, L., Lowe, K., Danker, J., Angelina Willow, S., Tso, M., & Xavier, A. (2023). Primary to high school transition planning for students with disability: A systematic review. International Journal of Educational Research, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102188
Tsegay, S. M., Wheeler, L., Kirkman, P., & Pratt-Adams, S. (2023). Teacher Perspectives on Primary-Secondary School Transition Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic. SAGE Open, 13(2), 21582440231181382. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231181382
Van Der Kleij, S. W., Burgess, A. P., Ricketts, J., & Shapiro, L. R. (2023). Tracking vocabulary and reading growth in children from lower and higher socioeconomic backgrounds during the transition from primary to secondary education. Child Development, 94(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13862
Yi, H. S., Na, W., & Lee, C. (2023). Predicting secondary school students’ academic achievement from their elementary school performance and learning behaviours: A longitudinal study based on South Korea’s national assessment of educational achievement. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 43(4), 1031–1048. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2021.1963673
Yu, J., Kreijkes, P., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2023). Interconnected trajectories of achievement goals, academic achievement, and well-being: Insights from an expanded goal framework. Learning and Individual Differences, 108, 102384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102384
Zhang, Y., Watermann, R., & Daniel, A. (2023). The Sustained Effects of Achievement Goal Profiles on School Achievement across the Transition to Secondary School. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52(10), 2078–2094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01813-7
Raufelder, D., Hoferichter, F., Hirvonen, R., & Kiuru, N. (2022). How students’ motivational profiles change during the transition from primary to lower secondary school. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 71, 102117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2022.102117
Rickert, N. P., & Skinner, E. A. (2022). Parent and teacher involvement and the development of students’ academic engagement: A growth curve analysis over four time points. Journal of Adolescence, 94(2), 224–239. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12019
Smyth, E., & Privalko, I. (2022). The long road to secondary school: Background, home learning environment, and transition difficulties in Scotland. Research Papers in Education, 38(6). https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2022.2065520
Snipes, J., & Jacobson, A. (2021). Academic Mindsets and Behaviors, Prior Achievement, and the Transition to Middle School. REL 2022-123. In Regional Educational Laboratory West. Regional Educational Laboratory West. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED615451
Stack, K., Symonds, J. E., & Kinsella, W. (2021). The perspectives of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder on the transition from primary to secondary school: A systematic literature review. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2021.101782
Strand, G. M. (2022). «Vi blir ikke sett på som en viktig ressurs» – Foreldreinvolvering og skole-hjem samarbeid i overgangen [«We are not seen as an important resource” – Parental involvement and school-home collaboration during the transition to lower secondary school]. In M. Maugesten & K. Spernes (Ed.),[Overganger i skolen. Fra barnetrinnet til ungdomstrinnet. Transitions in school. From primary to lower secondary school] (pp. 167-182. Universitetsforlaget.
Virtanen, T. E., Räikkönen, E., Engels, M. C., Vasalampi, K., & Lerkkanen, M.-K. (2021). Student engagement, truancy, and cynicism: A longitudinal study from primary school to upper secondary education. Learning and Individual Differences, 86, 101972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2021.101972
Strand, G. M. (2021). Elevenes overgang til ungdomstrinnet – muligheter og utfordringer[Pupils’ transition to lower secondary school – opportunities and challenges]. In M.B. Postholm, P. Haug, R. J. Krumsvik & E. Munthe (Ed.), Elev i skolen 5-10 (pp. 21-40). Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Strand, G. M. (2020). Experiencing the transition to lower secondary school: Parents’ voices. In K. Smith (Ed.), Validity and value of teacher education research (pp. 73-90). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.
Strand, G. M. (2020). Supporting the transition to secondary school: The voices of lower secondary leaders and teachers. Educational Research, 62(2), 129-145.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2020.1750305
Strand, G. M. (2020). The transition to lower secondary school: Experiences and perspectives. [Thesis: NTNU].
Packer, R., Thomas, A., Jones, C., & Watkins, P. (2020). Voices of Transition: sharing experiences from the primary school. Education 3-13, 49(7), 832-844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2020.1805487
Strand, G. M. (2019). Experiencing the transition to lower secondary school: Students’ voices. International Journal of Educational Research, 97, 13-21.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.06.009
Hodgkin, K. (2018). Pupils’ expectations and experiences of PE across the primary-secondary transition in South Wales. Wales Journal of Education, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.20.1.6
Davies D., Davis, S., Egan, D. & Hodgkin, K. (2018). Transition from Primary to Secondary School and More Able and Talented (MAT) disadvantaged pupils: Evidence from South-east Wales. Wales Journal of Education, 20 (1), 93-113.https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.20.1.4
Richardson, T. D., Jindal-Snape, D., & Hannah, E. F. S. (2017). Impact of Legislation on Post-School Transition Practice for young people with additional support needs in Scotland. British Journal of Special Education, 44(3), 239-256. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12178
Skipper, Y., & Douglas, K. M. (2016). The impact of a selective entry examination on children’s feelings as they approach the transition to secondary school. British Educational Research Journal, 42(6), 945–961. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3242
Hodgkin, K., Fleming, S., Beauchamp, G. & Bryant, A. (2013). Perception to Reality: Pupils’ expectations and experiences of the primary-secondary school transition. Educational Futures [online], 6(1), 28-40. https://educationstudies.org.uk/?p=1109
Jindal-Snape, D. (2012). Portraying children’s voices through creative approaches to enhance their transition experience and improve the transition practice, LEARNing Landscapes, 6(1), 223-240. Retrieved from http://www.learninglandscapes.ca/current-issue
Jindal-Snape, D., & Foggie, J. (2008). A holistic approach to primary-secondary transitions. Improving Schools, 11, 5-18.
Jindal-Snape, D., & Miller, D.J. (2008). A challenge of living? Understanding the psycho-social processes of the child during primary-secondary transition through resilience and self-esteem theories. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 217–236.
Primary-Secondary School Transitions Articles related to Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory
Jindal-Snape, D., Bradshaw, P., Gilbert, A., Smith, N., & Knudsen, L. (2023). Primary–secondary school transition experiences and factors associated with differences in these experiences: Analysis of the longitudinal Growing Up in Scotland dataset. Review of Education, 11, e3444. https://doi.org/10.1002/ rev3.3444
Bagnall , C., & Jindal-Snape, D. (2023). Child self-report measures of primary-secondary transition experiences and emotional wellbeing: An international systematic literature review. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, 2(1), [4]. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijelt.35
Strand, G.M. (2022). Overgangen til ungdomstrinnet. Elevenes opplevelser og hvordan vi kan støtte dem [The transition to lower secondary school. The students’ experiences and how we can support them]. Universitetsforlaget
Jindal-Snape, D., Symonds, J. E., Hannah, E. F. S., & Barlow, W. (2021). Conceptualising Primary-Secondary School Transitions: A Systematic Mapping Review of Worldviews, Theories and Frameworks. Frontiers in Education, 6, [540027]. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.540027
Jindal-Snape, D., Hannah, E. F. S., Cantali, D., Barlow, W., & MacGillivray, S. (2020). Systematic literature review of primary-secondary transitions: International research. Review of Education, 8(2), 526-566. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3197
Jindal-Snape, D., & Cantali, D. (2019). A four-stage longitudinal study exploring pupils’ experiences, preparation and support systems during primary-secondary school transitions. British Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3561
IJELT Transitions Articles
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International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions (dundee.ac.uk)
See Primary-Secondary School Transitions collection.
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