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Harnqvist, Kjell – 1977
A model demonstrates how low correlations for academic achievement in separate units of instruction can be compatible with high correlations for cumulated achievement. The unit achievement is assumed to consist of a task-specific part and a part correlated with a predictor. When units of learning are cumulated, attrition of earlier learning takes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains, Correlation