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Download full textHocko, Elaine A. – 1993
A study established whether self-esteem had a positive significant effect on reading achievement. Data were collected from 117 fourth-grade students in a middle class suburban setting. Results of a self-esteem test (the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale) were correlated to standardized reading test scores (California Achievement…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Birger, Barbara – 1989
A study compared performance on a silent informal reading inventory and achievement on a standardized reading test, focusing on students' individual skill needs and how effective tests were in identifying specific strengths and weaknesses in these skill areas. Subjects, 25 students entering fourth grade in a primarily middle class suburban…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Informal Reading Inventories, Intermediate Grades
Hafner, Lawrence E. – 1991
A study developed a multiple regression prediction equation for each of six selected achievement variables in a popular standardized test of achievement. Subjects, 42 fourth-grade pupils randomly selected across several classes in a large elementary school in a north Florida city, were administered several standardized tests to determine predictor…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Listening Skills, Multiple Regression Analysis
Bean, Rita M.; And Others – 1989
A study investigated Chapter 1 students' activities and experiences during the time allocated to reading instruction. Subjects, 119 fourth and fifth grade students in a large city school system (66 subjects receiving remedial instruction in an in-class setting and 53 in a pullout setting), were observed systematically over a four-month period…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Compensatory Education, Grade 4
Creek, Roy J.; And Others – 1991
Locus of control is a construct that reflects an individual's perception of control over his or her own destiny. The thesis is that people adopt either an internal or an external orientation. Internally oriented persons consider success the result of ability and effort. Externally oriented individuals attribute success to luck, fate, or powerful…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education
Sofer, Sheldon; And Others – 1985
Results are presented from the first two years of implementation of Detroit's Peer Teachers as Mirrors and Monitors Project. The data describe reading and mathematics achievement in grades 1-4 at two schools which participated in the project interventions, and one comparison school. Results indicate that: (1) teachers' appropriate use of time…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
