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Peer reviewedReynolds, Arthur J.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1992
Tested a structural model of mathematics achievement and attitude with a probability sample of 3,116 adolescents from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth. Concluded that prior achievement and home environment influenced subsequent achievement most powerfully and that previous attitude had the most powerful influence on subsequent attitude.…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Classroom Environment, Family Environment, Family Influence
Peer reviewedFilippelli, Laura A.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1997
Comparison of childhood traits and conditions of 21 eminent American women scientists and 235 eminent women in other fields found both groups more similar than different, but future scientists tended to engage in more scientific activities, were more bookish and scholarly, and were typically encouraged to pursue nature study, reading, and writing.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Childhood Interests, Family Environment
Peer reviewedWalberg, Herbert J.; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Analysis of achievement test scores of 439 tenth-grade students found the hypothesized variables of IQ, socioeconomic status (SES), self-rated motivation, peer-rated studiousness, peer-group status, and parent-rated home environment contributed uniquely to achievement variance; SES, sex, and language medium of instruction were superfluous in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
