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Shuart, Viola E.; Lewko, John H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Explores content or contextual validity of social rule classifications produced by sample of 12-year-old child coders. Analyses of variances revealed that categorization schemes generated by child coders were contextually valid as determined by raters' mean ratings. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Freshmen

Holloway, Susan D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Investigates whether 53 mothers' beliefs about achievement were related to their seventh grade children's sex differences, and the association between these beliefs and their children's performance in mathematics. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education