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Brisco, Christopher M.; Jacobs, Keith W. – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1979
Tested 103 schoolchildren to investigate the hypothesis that the brightest students tend to have last names toward the beginning of the alphabet. Significant relationships between alphabetical position of surnames and intelligence were found, but the relationships existed only for third graders and were gone by the fifth grade. (DS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Broussard, Rolland L.; Verret, Ann Brown – 1987
Two groups of learning disabled (LD) secondary school students (ages 16-18) were studied to determine if such factors as levels of intelligence and achievement contribute to success in high school. The first group of students (N=10) were sophomores enrolled in special education resource classes for one period each day and were addressing Louisiana…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Grade 10, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
