Temperament and Elementary School Children's Actual and Rated Academic Performance: A Test of a "Goodness-of-Fit" Model.

Lerner, Jacqueline V.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1985

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Temperament and Elementary School Children's Actual and Rated Academic Performance: A Test of a "Goodness-of-Fit" Model.

Lerner, Jacqueline V.; And Others

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, v26 n1 p125-36 Jan 1985

Studies fourth grade students to test a goodness-of-fit model of temperament. Children responded to the Dimensions of Temperament Survey (DOTS). Teachers specified demands/expectations for their students for each of the DOTS attributes and rated students' academic ability and adjustment. Objective measures of academic achievement were also obtained. (Author/AS)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Attention Span, Children, Elementary Education, Goodness of Fit, Personality, Personality Traits, Physical Activity Level, Reading Achievement

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Audience: Practitioners; Parents

Language: English

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