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Sarah E. Rose; Claire M. Barlow – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background: Within the same school class, it is usual to find children who differ in age by almost a full calendar year. Although associations between being relatively young and poor academic outcomes are well documented, and relatively consistent, the associations between being relatively young and psychosocial outcomes are less clearly…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Development, Correlation, Academic Achievement
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Christyn Dolbier; Sarah Vanacore; Alia Simon; Taylor L. Stallings; Jordan Signorelli; Kelsey M. Dietrich – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
This study sought to identify levels and types of positive changes experienced during the pandemic and determine whether different patterns of positive changes existed across academic years. In this repeated cross-sectional mixed methods study, different samples of undergraduate students at a large, public university were recruited in Fall…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Undergraduate Students, Stress Variables
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Hodis, Flaviu A.; Hattie, John A. C.; Hodis, Georgeta M. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2016
The General Regulatory Focus Measure has been used extensively in psychological research to gauge promotion and prevention orientations. Findings of this research show that for New Zealand secondary school students, the General Regulatory Focus Measure does not measure promotion and prevention as theoretically independent constructs.
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Prevention, Motivation, Age Differences
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Brouzos, Andreas; Vassilopoulos, Stephanos; Korfiati, Androniki; Baourda, Vasiliki – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the counselling needs of a sample of secondary school students in Greece. Moreover, the effect of age, gender, and academic performance on such perceived counselling needs was also investigated. The sample consisted of 931 students (433 girls and 498 boys) aged between 12 and 16 years old. A 70-item…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, School Counseling
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Best, John R.; Miller, Patricia H.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study examined age-related changes in complex executive function (EF) in a large, representative sample (N=2036) aged 5 to 17 using the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS; Naglieri & Das, 1997a). Relations between complex EF and academic achievement were examined on a sub-sample (N = 1395) given the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Improvement
Flamer, Eric, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Establishing college-degree programs for prison inmates is an evidence-based effective instructional strategy in reducing recidivism. Evaluating academic arenas as a resource to improve behavior and levels of functioning within correctional facilities is a necessary component of inmate academic programs. The purpose of this quantitative,…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Higher Education, Recidivism
Zelizer, Deborah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group study compared the impact of Ennis's (1989) mixed instructional methodology to the immersion methodology on the development of critical thinking in a multicultural, undergraduate senior-year learning community. A convenience sample of students (n =171) were selected from four sections of a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, College Seniors, Communities of Practice
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Dillard, Jerry W.; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1985
Evaluated demographic and developmental differences in case studies of disturbed children (N=58) who were treated with developmental therapy. Results indicated children differed in age, intelligence, and mother's employment status. Although all children progressed in behavior, communication, socialization, and academics, no difference was found in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Change, Children
Schneider, Wolfgang – 1990
The relation of domain knowledge to achievement, and changes in this relation that occur with age and type of memory task, are discussed. First, different mechanisms through which domain-specific knowledge relates to strategy use in memory tasks are summarized. Then, empirical evidence that indicates direct effects of the knowledge base on memory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Structures
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Jolliff, David – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Studies suggest children of remarriage may experience adjustment challenges but that long range developmental effects are insignificant. Quality of family life appears to be more relevant than family structure, and adjustment seems easier for boys and younger children than for girls and adolescents. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Family Influence, Individual Development
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Peetsma, Thea; Hascher, Tina; van der Veen, Ineke; Roede, Ewoud – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
The present study focused on the relations between the self-efficacy, social self-concept, time perspectives, school investment and academic achievement of students in four different European countries and in different adolescence periods. A total of 1623 students completed questionnaires. The relations between the concepts proved not to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Time Perspective
Warder, Kristin – 1999
This study examined the impact of pupil age at time of school entry in a large public school in Bronx, New York. Results from a literacy assessment were examined for kindergarten, first-, and second-grade students. The assessment rated children on their knowledge of the alphabet, sight-word vocabulary, phonemic awareness, reading, and writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Enrollment, Individual Development
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Skinner, Ellen A. – Child Development, 1990
Assessed children's beliefs about the effectiveness of five causes of school success. At the age of 7-8 years, children differentiated the factors into "unknown" and "other"; at 9-10, "other" was differentiated into "internal" and "external"; at 11-12, "internal" was differentiated into…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
Lambert, Richard; Abbott-Shim, Martha; McCarty, Frances – 1998
This study investigated whether classroom quality is related to child progress in meeting developmental milestones. The study used the "Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs: Research Version," a developmental checklist administered by teachers in a Head Start program. Findings indicated that pre-assessment and child age…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Child Development
Grob, Cecelia E.; Trojcak, Doris A. – 1974
The effects of conservation activities on children's acquisition of Piaget's conservation concepts were investigated. One hundred and twenty-eight seven-to nine-year-old children in four classrooms were given pre- and post-evaluation measures of conservation ability. The experimental group completed a set of 42 self-directed conservation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
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