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Bulcock, Jeffrey W.; Finn, Jeremy D. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1975
The purpose of the present study was to examine the cultural and personality resources of fourteen-year-olds, and their school related skills as components of achievement in mother tongue literature. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Background, Data Analysis, Educational Environment
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Honess, T.; Kline, P. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
This study examines a neglected area: the relationship between personality and academic achievement for school children in a non Western culture. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Educational Psychology, Personality Assessment
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Lin, Y.; McKeachie, W. J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
Three studies of prediction of academic achievement in introductory psychology courses are reported. The Achiever Personality scale of Fricke's Opinion, Attitude and Interest Survey and Brown and Holtzman's Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes made independent contributions beyond intelligence in the prediction of course grades in two of these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment
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Ayers, Jerry B.; Rohr, Michael E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Study was designed to examine the validity of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire in predicting achievement of college sophomores majoring in Education. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Factor Analysis, Personality Assessment
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Barton, K.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Study was designed to assess more fully the relative importance of ability and personality variables in the prediction of school achievement in a variety of areas. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Grade 7, Intelligence Quotient
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Orme, K. – Educational Research, 1975
This study is of a relatively small but unselected group of children and investigates the practical value of intelligence and personality tests in predicting attainment. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Intelligence Tests
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Jensen, A. R. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
Scores on the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory of some 2,000 white, Negro, and Mexican-American school children, ages 9 to 13, were examined in relation to measures of intelligence and home environment as predictors of scholastic achievement. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Educational Psychology, Elementary School Students
Diemer, Richard M.; Mazzocco, Daniel M.
Hypothesizing that experimentation with various teaching methodologies and individual student differences may show certain teaching methods to be more effective than others for a certain type of student, the authors studied the application of such experimentation to a portion of the radiology sequence in the dental curriculum. A review of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Dentistry, Literature Reviews
Morgan, Margaret K., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Ten papers dealing with various aspects of cognitive and affective dimensions of the allied health student are presented. They are: "A Review of Research on Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Education for the Health Related Professions" by Margaret K. Morgan, "Methodological Problems in the Study of Affective and Cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Affective Behavior, Affective Measures