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Olofson, Mark W.; Bishop, Penny A. – Middle Grades Review, 2018
For the past several years, leaders in middle grades education research have strengthened their call for more methodologically robust quantitative research to address important questions in the field. Recently, two important routes towards addressing this call have emerged: the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study from the National Center for…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Middle Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Statistical Analysis
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Crano, William D.; Mendoza, Jorge L. – Child Development, 1987
An analysis using data drawn from Nancy Bayley's Berkeley Growth Study is performed for didactic purposes to illustrate the use of structural equation modeling on a child development data set. Alternatives to standard latent factor approaches are demonstrated for use in research situations in which the subject-to-variable ratio is less than…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers
Hertzog, Christopher; And Others – 1985
This investigation used data from the 28-year-old New York Longitudinal Study to examine the relationship between various negative emotional and behavioral characteristics (e.g., aggression, anxiety, undercompliance, depressive mood) and adjustment. A total of 133 white, middle-class children were rated on these negative characteristics from…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Aggression, Anxiety
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Anderson, Mark B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Recommends using examples from sports and exercise pathology in the undergraduate psychology curriculum. Sports and exercise issues enjoy popularity among many undergraduates and contain many examples applicable to general psychology courses and psychological research. Discusses sports and exercise topics illustrating concepts from developmental…
Descriptors: Athletics, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Developmental Psychology