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Skibbe, Lori E.; Phillips, Beth M.; Day, Stephanie L.; Brophy-Herb, Holly E.; Connor, Carol M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Classmates' academic skill level (peer effects) is emerging as an important predictor of individual student achievement, particularly in the early grades. However, less is known about the influence of peer effects with regard to classmates' self-regulation skills and whether they are associated with students' academic gains. Examining this is the…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Peer Influence, Academic Achievement, Self Management
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Lynn, Richard; Van Court, Marian – Intelligence, 2004
Data from the General Social Survey (GSS) collected in the years 1990-1996 are examined for the relationship between fertility and intelligence as measured by vocabulary. The results show that the relation between fertility and intelligence has been consistently negative for successive birth cohorts from to 1900 to 1979, indicating the presence of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Cohort Analysis, Birth Rate, Correlation