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Television Watching, Newspaper Reading, and Cohort Differences in Verbal Ability.

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Glenn, Norval D. – Sociology of Education, 1994

Analyzes national data and determines that an intercohort decline in vocabulary at all or most educational levels in recent years was closely related to an intercohort decline in newspaper reading. Includes six figures and four tables illustrating these conclusions. (CFR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Books, Educational Attainment, Employed Women

Course Taking and Achievement: Findings and Implications for Curricular Policy.

Sebring, Penny A. – 1984

To investigate how the number of years students spend studying academic subjects affects their achievement, this study compiled data from a nationwide longitudinal study of 58,000 high school students begun in 1980, and from 1982 College Board testing files. Years of instruction in seven subject areas were related, using statewide averages, to…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations