Explain why the transition to middle or junior high school can be difficult or stressful for many students.
What will be an ideal response?
The transition takes place at a time when many changes in the individual, in the family, and in the school are occurring at the same time. These changes include puberty and related concerns about body image; the emergence of at least some aspects of formal operational thought, including accompanying changes in social cognition; increased responsibility and decreased dependency on parents; change to a larger, more impersonal school structure; change from one teacher to many teachers and from a small, homogenous set of peers to a larger, more heterogeneous set of peers. In addition, there is an increased focus on achievement, performance, and assessment. When students make the transition to middle or junior high school, they experience the top-dog phenomenon, moving from being the oldest, biggest, and most powerful students in the elementary school to being the youngest, smallest, and least powerful students in the middle or junior high school.
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