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Blakely, Karen B.; Sommerville, Addison W. – Journal of Negro Education, 1970
Four hundred children, grades 1-12, participated in this study in May, 1968. All schools involved served a mixed low-middle and middle class socioeconomic area in Sacramento, California. (JM)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary School Students, Identification, Middle Class
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Kee, Daniel W.; Helfend, Lynda – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Taxonomic category encoding was studied in 160 second and fourth grade students, both low-socioeconomic status Blacks and middle-class Whites. Three items were displayed sequentially, to be recalled later. The results provided conclusive evidence of the availability of taxonomic encoding categories in the groups sampled. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Black Students, Classification, Cluster Grouping
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Wetherick, N. E.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Word lists were given to 176 Scottish children, ages 15, 11, 8, and 6. Analysis of variance on recall scores indicated that Jensen's findings of greater recall by middle class children may be only a transitory phenomenon, not evidence of permanent middle class superiority in Level II ability. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Elementary School Students, Lower Class Students