Schooling, Tracking, and Teenage Intelligence.

Shavit, Yossi; Featherman, David L.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Schooling, Tracking, and Teenage Intelligence.

Shavit, Yossi; Featherman, David L.

Sociology of Education, v61 n1 p42-51 Jan 1988

Analyzes longitudinal data for young men to determine the effects of schooling and tracking in Israeli high schools on changes in measured intelligence during adolescence. Concludes among other things, that extended schooling enhances intelligence substantially during adolescence; more in the academic than the vocational track. (Author/GEA)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cognitive Measurement, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Longitudinal Studies, Males, Psychological Studies, Social Science Research, Track System (Education), Vocational Education

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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