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Peer reviewedBraund, Martin – Journal of Biological Education, 1991
Alternative classifications commonly used by children aged 12, 14, and 15 are presented. Why children use such alternatives is discussed. Age- and gender-related trends in performance on classification tasks is examined. Children's attitudes to classification and their perceptions of its usefulness in school and everyday contexts are reviewed. (KR)
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Classification, Elementary Education
Cunneen, James; Sloan, Charles A. – 1981
This study explores the relationship between the sex of the teacher and second-, third-, and fourth-grade students' classification of school-related objects as either masculine or feminine. Subjects, 789 students representing a cross-section of racial and ethnic groups in Chicago suburban schools, were equally divided between grades and according…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedCare, Esther; Naylor, Frank – Australian Journal of Education, 1984
High school students' subject preferences in 30 Australian schools, examined with Holland's typology of persons and environments, showed data consistent with Holland's model, suggesting a strong association between interest in school subjects and occupational interest as well as an empirical basis for classifying school subjects in terms of…
Descriptors: Classification, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Download full textWierzbicki, Michael – 1992
P. M. Lewinsohn has theorized that depression is related to the amount of positive reinforcement that an individual receives. Lewinsohn has supported this model in adults by showing that depression is correlated with an increase in unpleasant activities and a decrease in pleasant activities. This study extended Lewinsohn's model by developing…
Descriptors: Activities, Adults, Affective Behavior, Age Differences
Peer reviewedRamsey, Patricia G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
Race was more salient than sex when 93 white preschool children (46 males and 47 females) in a virtually all-white community characterized photographs of others, but sex and race were equally salient in self-classification. Consistency between cognitive and affective responses increased with subjects' ages from 3.0 to 5.7 years. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Asian Americans, Blacks, Classification
Gallagher, Ann M. – 1992
An item classification scheme developed by A. M. Gallagher (1990) was refined, resulting in a more accurate prediction of sex differences in the mathematical sections of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Differential Item Functioning (DIF) procedures for examinees scoring over 650 indicated that the majority of items favoring males required the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classification, College Entrance Examinations, High Achievement
