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Peer reviewedParkerson, Jo Ann; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
This article evaluates five causal model of educational productivity applied to learning science in a sample of 882 fifth through eighth graders. Each model explores the relationship between achievement and a combination of eight constructs: home environment, peer group, media, ability, social environment, time on task, motivation, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Thomas, John W. – 1985
Self-directed, or independent study activities were studied in adolescents, as well as their antecedents and consequences. The interrelationships, across age and grade, of several variables were described; i.e.: course requirements and conditions, student characteristics, study activities, and school achievement. First, autonomous learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Classification
