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Jensen, Arthur R.; Frederiksen, Janet – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
The major finding of this study is that there is a larger socioeconomic status or Negro-White difference on intelligence measures than on measures of rote learning and memory. The difference in the performance of Negro and White children increases with age. (EH)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Intelligence Differences, Learning, Memory
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Jensen, Arthur R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intelligence Differences, Memory, Problem Solving
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Hall, Vernon C.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Although there were social class and race differences in achievement and intelligence test scores, no relationship was found between attending and these variables. There was a significant correlation between the intelligence and achievement test scores, but no evidence that the relationship was different for the different groups. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Span, Blacks, Elementary Education
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Hall, Vernon C.; Kaye, Daniel B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Six hundred boys divided by age (6-8), race (black and white) and social class (middle and lower) were given tests for memory, intelligence, learning, and transfer. Findings indicated social class differences on learning and intelligence tests, with racial differences on intelligence, digit span, and paired-associate learning. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Children, Cognitive Development
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Strauch, A. Barry – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Three data sources, analyzed presently, failed to reveal a Sex by Race or Sex by Socioeconomic Status interaction. It was suggested that Sex by Race differences in income, education, and so on could be the result of racially related sex role expectations or cultural prejudice. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hart, Jane Tyler; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
The hypothesis that Black English-speaking children of low socioeconomic status would match spoken and written words when final spoken consonants were deleted, was not supported. Decoding errors revealed that race and social class influenced word strategy. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Black Dialects, Consonants, Decoding (Reading)
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Williams, Joanna; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
In these studies, authors sought to examine the role of mode of presentation in a verbal learning task, within the context of age-grade differences in two social groups. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aural Learning, Learning Modalities, Paired Associate Learning
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Hill, Nancy E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2001
Relationships between parenting and children's school readiness were examined within socioeconomically comparable samples of African American and Euro-American kindergarten children, mothers, and teachers. Although similarities existed across ethnic groups in the relationships between parenting and school performance, family income moderated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Ethnicity