Following past researches, student background, learning strategies, self-related cognitions in mathematics and school climate variables were important for achievement. The purpose of this study was to identify a number of factors that represent the relationship among sets of interrelated variables using principal component factor analysis and…

Examined utility of tests for predicting academic achievement of impulsive and reflective first graders. Analyses revealed that for three of the five criterion variables, the optimal equations for predicting the achievement scores differed for impulsives and reflectives. With the same predictor scores, predicted achievement of impulsive and…

To determine if a relationship can be found between school size and academic achievement, a study examined correlations for 566 New Mexico public schools (grades 5, 8, and 11) from 1978 to 1981. The measure of academic achievement used was the schools' average "total scale score" on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills. The two…