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The Effects of Classroom Noise on Student Performance.

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Edmonds, Ed M.; Smith, Lyle R. – 1984

To clarify the effects of noise, sex, and intelligence on student performance, 289 sixth-grade students were randomly assigned either the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) or the STEP Reading Test Form 3 (STEP III) to be taken under high- or low-noise classroom conditions, with gender and intelligence as variables. Students who took the SPM…

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classrooms, Elementary Education, Grade 6

Opportunity to Achieve: Identifying Mathematically Gifted Black Students.

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Robinson, Ann; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990

This study examined ethnic differences in performance among 78 elementary students (22 Black and 56 White students in grades 2 through 6) who participated in a special program for mathematically talented children and 185 non-participants. Results indicate that the program was successful in identifying and helping mathematically talented Black…

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Elementary Education