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Download full textBaldwin, Beatrice – 1984
Given the theoretical complexity of the processes underlying achievement, it is not surprising to find limited investigation of the relationships between maternal employment and adolescent academic performance. The High School and Beyond 1980 sophomores data was used to assess the impact of maternal employment on seven latent variables: number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Employed Parents, Females
Keith, Timothy Z.; And Others – 1985
School interventions are often based on the assumption that such variables as self-concept and locus of control should have a meaningful impact on achievement. Yet research support for such influence is inconsistent. Because this inconsistency may be due to methodological problems, a study was conducted which used path analysis to determine the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Seniors, High Schools, Intelligence
Froman, Robin D.; Owen, Steven V. – 1984
Nursing curricula and licensing examinations have shifted toward the skills and processes of nursing. When these components are overhauled, their predictive relationship must be reexamined. This research tests the causal influence of several antecedent and achievement variables on licensure test performance. A path model is developed from a theory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Certification, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedDunton, Kathryn J.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Longitudinal study examined effect of children's gender on tendencies of mothers to use specific antecedents in ascribing causal explanations for their children's sixth grade mathematics performance. Path analyses showed that, for both mothers of boys and mothers of girls, maternal perceptions of child performance were associated with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Daughters
Denno, Deborah J. – 1983
A study designed to examine biological, sociological, and early maturational correlates of intelligence collected data prospectively, from birth to 15 years of age, on a sample of 987 black children. Multiple indicators of eight independent and three dependent variables were tested in a structural equation model. Altogether, clear sex differences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Influences, Black Youth, Child Development
Murray-Harvey, Rosalind; Keeves, John P. – 1994
A study was designed to investigate the complex interrelationship of factors that affect university students' academic achievement. The study used a sample population of 72 students who were enrolled in first year Nursing and Teacher Education courses in 1991 at the Flinders University of South Australia. From data gathered over 2 years, a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Crawford, John; And Others – 1985
Various models of school effects on student achievement were applied in a study of reading and mathematics achievement in the 94 schools of the Oklahoma City Public Schools. The Leadership/Climate Inventory, completed by 1294 teachers, rated school principals in the areas of expectations, instructional leadership, forceful or dynamic style,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
