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Cognitive Learning Styles and Academic Achievement in Secondary Education.
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O'Brien, Terrance P. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1994
After secondary students completed the Gregorc Style Delineator, researchers analyzed differences in academic achievement related to cognitive style, gender, grade, and age. Patterns of cognitive styles differed from those identified by earlier research. Concrete-sequential students had the highest grade point averages. Females outperformed males.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Style, High School Students
High School Parent Involvement: Relationships with Achievement, Grade Level, SES, and Gender.
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Hickman, Catherine Wehlburg; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1995
Reports a study on the relationship between amounts and types of parent involvement and secondary students' academic achievement, gender, and grade. Parent interviews indicated significant relationships between academic achievement and home-based parent participation. Female and younger students had more involved parents. Parent-as-learner and as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, High Schools, Instructional Program Divisions
Transition Effects of School Grade-Level Organization on Student Achievement.
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Alspaugh, John W.; Harting, Roger D. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the transition effects of grade-level organization on student achievement as schools transitioned from self-contained to departmentalized classes. Reading, math, and social studies achievement scores of five equated rural school districts with K-4 through K-8 organization were compared. Results noted a decline in achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Departments, Elementary Education