This study investigated the self-perceptions of low- and high-ability adolescents in a rural community of Jamaica, West Indies. The participants were 95 low-ability and 100 high-ability students who were rigidly tracked into two separate schools. The survey, How I See Myself and Feel About Myself, was specifically designed for this investigation because a review of instruments revealed that the content of previously published surveys was not compatible with the Jamaican culture. Student responses from the developed survey were compared to the subscales of Harter's Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents (Harter, 1988) and to categories developed by the researchers. The effects of ability level and sex were also considered.
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