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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
Relations between adolescents' perceptions of school environments and their educational and occupational aspirations in different family environments were examined. Results indicated ethnic group differences in the relationship among the variables which suggest that results from investigations of family-school influences on children's school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment
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Raw, James S.; Marjoribanks, Kevin – Educational Studies, 1991
Presents study results of relationships between adolescents' perceptions of family and school environments and measures of their creativity, morality, and self-concept. Reports parallel forms of environment schedules to assess the social psychological contexts of families and schools. Concludes that self-concept, morality, and creativity have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Creativity, Educational Environment
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Educational Psychology, 2006
A moderation-mediation model was constructed to examine relationships among adolescents' cognitive "habitus" (their cognitive dispositions), learning environments, affective outcomes of schooling, and young adults' educational attainment. Data were collected as part of a longitudinal survey of Australian youth (4,171 females, 3,718…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Style, Educational Attainment, Educational Environment
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1986
Examines proposition that relations between children's aspirations and measures of cognitive performance and learning environments differ as a function of children's attitudinal orientation. Data were collected from 516 Australian children, 11 years old during the initial survey, and 16 at the follow-up. Results suggest that the proposition is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aspiration, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
The results of the present study suggest that family learning environments as perceived by 16-year-olds have negligible to moderate associations with social context and academic achievement measures that were assessed when the adolescents were five years younger, indicating the possible complexity of relationships between adolescents' perceptions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Journal of Educational Research, 1984
A follow-up investigation, conducted 5 years later, of previous research concerning relations between family environment and cognitive performance of 11-year-old Australian children of different ethnic backgrounds, was conducted. Hierarchical regression analyses, using earlier data, showed that parental influences are the strongest factor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Ethnic Groups