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Download full textBROOKOVER, WILBUR B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELF-CONCEPT OF ABILITY TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS BASED ON THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK COMMONLY IDENTIFIED AS THE SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONAL THEORY OF BEHAVIOR. THE BASIC POSTULATE WAS THAT ACADEMIC BEHAVIOR OR SCHOOL LEARNING IS LIMITED BY THE STUDENT'S SELF-CONCEPT OF HIS ABILITY, AND THAT…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Behavior Theories, High School Students
Peer reviewedHeppner, P. Paul; Pew, Steve – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
The study evaluates effects of environmental cues of competence (such as diplomas) and the sex of the counselor on perceived expertness. Undergraduate students (N=64) were interviewed and subsequently completed a semantic-differential questionnaire. Results indicate diplomas and awards significantly influence the subject's initial perception of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Counselor Evaluation, Helping Relationship
Peer reviewedSalvia, John; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1977
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the relationship between rated attractiveness and two measures of school performance. Attractive children received significantly higher report cards and, to some degree, higher achievement test scores than their unattractive peers. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1977
The effects of the Program for Academic Survival Skills (PASS), a group behavior management program, on behavioral observation data and standardized achievement test measures were investigated. Results indicated PASS produced significant gains in survival skills during operation and one week following termination in reading and mathematics periods…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedTouliatos, John; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
This study was concerned with academic performance in black and white children and the interactions of race with other variables on school achievement. Results indicated blacks scored lower than whites and fell farther behind as they progressed from grade to grade. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Students, Elementary School Students
Peck, Robert F.; And Others – 1977
Effects were studied of 12 teacher and 11 student characteristics (including SES and ethnicity) on 7 student outcomes--cognitive, affective and coping skills. Fifty-three sixth grade teachers and 1,190 Black, Chicano and Anglo students participated. A series of covariance and regression analyses showed significant curvilinear and interaction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Interaction Process Analysis, Racial Differences
Sewald, Andrea M.; And Others – 1977
Research indicates that boys perform better on mathematics tests while girls perform better on reading tests. An investigation of why boys' and girls' performance differs was made by coding teacher interactions with second grade students during reading and mathematics instruction. Results reveal that teachers: made relatively more academic contact…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
