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Scheiber, Caroline; Reynolds, Matthew R.; Hajovsky, Daniel B.; Kaufman, Alan S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate developmental gender differences in academic achievement areas, with the primary focus on writing, using the child and adolescent portion (ages 6-21 years) of the "Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement-Second Edition, Brief Form," norming sample (N = 1,574). Path analytic models with gender,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Writing Skills, Path Analysis
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O'Bryan, Simone Travis; Braddock, Jomills Henry, II; Dawkins, Marvin P. – Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men, 2008
Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), we developed and empirically tested a conceptual model to assess the longitudinal impact of school-based athletic participation and parental involvement, along with other factors, on the college-bound behaviors of male high school seniors attending public schools in the U.S. The…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Path Analysis, Parent School Relationship
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Roeser, Robert W.; Peck, Stephen C. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
The authors' approach to using pattern-centered analyses and longitudinal data addresses how configurations of personal and contextual factors forecast the educational achievement and attainments of different youth across adolescence. Here, they discuss various types of pattern-centered analyses and provide an empirical illustration of how these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Enrollment