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Schmitt-Wilson, Sarah; Welsh, Marilyn C. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Few studies have identified individual differences in vocational knowledge or its association with career aspirations or expectations of children. We investigated whether individual differences in grade, gender, academic achievement, and SES predict levels of vocational knowledge, and further examined the relationship between vocational knowledge…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Occupational Aspiration, Expectation, Career Awareness
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Shin, Tacksoo; Davison, Mark L.; Long, Jeffrey D.; Chan, Chi-Keung; Heistad, David – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
Using four-wave longitudinal reading and mathematics data (4th to 7th grades) from a large urban school district, growth curve modeling was used as a tool for examining three research questions: Are achievement gaps closing in reading and mathematics? What are the associations between prior-achievement and growth across the reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap
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Brackett, Marc A.; Rivers, Susan E.; Reyes, Maria R.; Salovey, Peter – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
A pre- and post-test quasi-experimental design was used to test the impact of a 30-week, theoretically-based social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, The RULER Feeling Words Curriculum ("RULER"), on the academic performance and social and emotional competence of 5th and 6th grade students (N = 273) in fifteen classrooms in three schools.…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Emotional Intelligence, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement