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Koohang, Alex A. – 1986
This study explored the levels of anxiety over computer use of high school students based on sex, grade level, and prior computer experience. Subjects were 67 high school students, 38 males and 29 females. The instrument used was a computer anxiety subscale of 10 items from an instrument designed by Loyd and Gressard (1984). The items presented…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitude Measures, Computer Literacy, Computers
Askov, Eunice N. – 1972
The rationale for the development of the Primary Pupil Reading Attitude Inventory is presented. The process of developing, using, and subsequently revising the instrument is described. Findings from additional studies are then presented to provide further information about subtest and item characteristics of the instrument. Appendices contain…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Instructional Program Divisions, Primary Education, Reading Achievement

Knudson, Ruth E. – Journal of Educational Research, 1995
This study examined the relationship of writing achievement and attitude toward writing and the relationship of grade level and gender to attitude toward writing among elementary students. Analysis of students' writing competence and attitudes toward writing indicated that grade level, gender, and attitude were good predictors of writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instructional Program Divisions

Greenfield, Teresa Arambula – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1996
Assesses patterns of enrollment in science, science achievement, and attitudes of students in grades 3-12 representing the 4 major ethnic groups in Hawaii. Results indicate that more differences were accounted for by ethnicity and even grade than by gender and there was little interaction between ethnicity and gender. Contains 78 references.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Gender Issues

Swetman, Daniel L. – Rural Educator, 1995
Surveys of 663 students in grades 3-6 in 6 small rural Texas school districts found that student attitudes toward mathematics became more negative as they progressed through elementary school. Girls had more positive attitudes than boys, but gender differences decreased at higher grade levels. (SV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Allen, Deborah; Okawa, Judy Bessai – Journal of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors, 1987
Describes the methodology and results of a University Counseling Center survey conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to obtain data on the frequency of sexual harassment, to assess awareness of policy about sexual harassment, and to conduct a needs assessment to evaluate the adequacy of the campus response to sexual…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Students, Guidance Centers, Higher Education
Warthman, John Burns – 1970
The purpose of this study was to determine if students, in grades 4-6, selected from the Caldecott Award Winners and runners-up the same picture book for their first preference as compared to those given first place by the Caldecott Award Committee. Students' race, sex, school system attended, and reading level were factors considered. A total of…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Correlation, Elementary School Students

Karst, Ralph R. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1985
Examines the effects of sex, grade level, region, and academic preparation of secondary school students on energy opinions. Assesses the responses of students on energy items related to the government, cars, and conservation. Results reveal significant regional and sex differences. (ML)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Energy, Energy Education, Environmental Education

May, William V. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1985
Most primary-grade children were found to prefer current popular musical styles--rock, country and western, and easy listening pop. Music preferences of males and females generally were the same. There were no differences in racial group preferences for musical excerpts without racially identifying elements. (RM)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Aural Learning, Blacks, Educational Research
Levin, James; Klindienst, David – 1983
This study compared attitudinal data on students who had dropped college preparatory science (academic terminal) in high school (N=55) with those who continued to enroll (academic continuing) in college preparatory science courses (N=108). Eight attitudes that have been hypothesized to be related to learning cognitive performance and enrollment in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Preparation, High School Students, High Schools

Sidelnick, Daniel J. – Social Studies, 1989
Investigates the differences in political attitudes among high school students of different ability and grade levels. Finds that low ability subjects are more dogmatic. Recommends the Value Analysis Model of instruction as a means of improving political attitudes and citizenship values. Suggests that overemphasis on basic knowledge objectives may…
Descriptors: Ability, Citizenship Education, Educational Research, High School Students
Hales, Loyde W.; McGrew, Robin R. – 1991
This study examined students' knowledge associated with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and attitudes toward AIDS patients in three remote rural Oregon school districts. Subjects were 139 females and 149 males in 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10 grades. The questionnaire used in the study was designed to obtain information concerning knowledge and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Health Education, Information Sources, Instructional Program Divisions
Chen, Yi-Hsin; Thompson, Marilyn S. – 2003
This research investigated the relationships among teacher expectancy, student perception, and student self-concept. A sample of 1,598 Taiwanese elementary school children in grades 3-6 were administered a school self-concept scale and a measure of their perceptions of teachers' positive and negative oral feedback in academic and nonacademic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Feedback

Rech, Janet F. – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Attitudes of 251 black students (133 fourth graders and 118 eighth graders) concerning mathematics were examined and compared by grade level, gender, and academic achievement with the attitudes of other students in their schools. Results show that higher-achieving black eighth graders have poorer attitudes toward mathematics than other students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Czerniak, Charlene; Chiarelott, Leigh – 1984
This study reviews literature on science anxiety related to such variables as sex, intellectual capacity, achievement, and attitudes. To measure science anxiety, a questionnaire (included in an appendix) was developed, pilot-tested on students in grades 5 and 7 in the Bowling Green (Ohio) School District, and administered in final form to 532…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Elementary School Science, Instructional Program Divisions
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