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Peer reviewedRichards, Herbert C.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Fourth-grade students were administered the Estes Attitude Scale to measure attitudes towards core academic subjects. When results were compared with test results of actual school performance, it was found that both extreme overachievers and underachievers had poorer attitudes toward core subjects than had other more accurately predicted…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Learning Motivation
Download full textRichards, Herbert C.; Bear, George G. – 1986
Richards, Gaver, and Golicz (1984) found that, in contrast to peers whose grades were accurately predicted from performance on aptitude tests, both extremely underachieving and extremely overachieving fourth-graders had negative academic attitudes. The present study aimed to replicate and extend these findings. Subjects in the replication study…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Negative Attitudes
