Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ415900
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Relationship between Home Environment and Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Orientation of Higher Achieving and Lower Achieving Puerto Rican Children.
Soto, Lourdes Diaz
Educational Research Quarterly, v13 n1 p22-36 1989
Differences and relationships between home environment and motivational orientation were examined for 28 higher and 29 lower achieving mainland Puerto Rican children in grades 5 and 6. Post-hoc multiple regression analysis revealed that family involvement accounted for a significant amount of variance with regard to achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Family Environment, Goal Orientation, Grade 5, Grade 6, High Achievement, Hispanic Americans, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement, Puerto Ricans, Regression (Statistics), Self Motivation, Spanish Speaking, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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