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Breland, Hunter M. – 1977
The hypothesis that the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score decline is a result of changing American family sizes and configurations is explored. This possible explanation of declining SAT scores had been offered by Robert B. Zajonc in an article discussing the relation between family configuration and cognitive development. Since a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Order, Cognitive Development, College Bound Students
