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Peer reviewedBruce, Franklin A.; Singh, Kusum – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Explains that students in intermediate grades often find the academic demands more difficult and complex. Four factors are identified: ability, quality and quantity of instruction, and motivation. Examines the direct and indirect effects of variables shown to influence academic achievement. Claims that motivation and homework are especially…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Educational Quality, Environmental Influences, Family Characteristics
Download full textLarter, Sylvia; And Others – 1982
The factors that influence students' educational aspirations are of critical importance to both teachers and policy makers. To determine how grade eight students in Toronto make the decision whether or not to attend college, 120 inner-city eighth graders and some of their parents, teachers and principals were interviewed. In the second stage of…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Family Influence, Foreign Countries
O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; And Others – 1992
The Cognitive Science Laboratory of the University of Southern California has conducted a series of studies on the experimental effects of motivation on a low-stakes (to the student) standardized test. This report summarizes these studies and their results. The test in question is the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A series of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Experiments, Grade 12, Grade 8
