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Holmstrom, Engin I. – 1973
This report examines the educational experiences and progress of freshmen who are 20 years of age or older at the time of matriculation. Data were obtained from questionnaire responses of a sample consisting of 18,848 first-time full-time freshmen in fall 1967 and a subsample of 63,510 students in 1971. Data indicated: (1) Only 5% of the entering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Age Differences, College Freshmen
Wagner, Daniel A. – 1977
A cross-cultural study undertaken in Morocco was designed to compare the effects of age, schooling and environment on the development of recall and recognition memory. The subjects were 384 males ranging in age from 7 to 2l years. Additional groups of subjects were also studied: Koranic students, Moroccan rug sellers, and American university…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies
Quatrano, Louis A. – 1972
This study examines how 105 disabled college students' characteristics (i.e. age, disability, and sex) and use of supportive services relate to self-reported study habits and methods as measured by the Study Attitudes and Methods Survey. Results reveal the post-test scores drop by about 10% regardless, and drop again by about 4% for every 10…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, College Students, Physical Disabilities
BURLINGAME, WILLIAM V. – 1967
THE ADOLESCENT PEER CULTURE WAS EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CONDITIONS AMONG ADOLESCENTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPENDENCE ON, OR INDEPENDENCE OF, THE YOUTH CULTURE. A MODEL CONTAINING THE DIMENSIONS OF THE YOUTH CULTURE WAS CONSTRUCTED. ADOLESCENT YOUTH CULTURE ADHERENCE INCLUDES THE TENDENCY TO VIEW THE ADOLESCENT YEARS AS IDYLLIC AND DEVELOPMENTALLY…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age, Attitude Measures
Epstein, Robert H.; Bozler, Dianne A. – 1976
Presented here are the findings of a telephone survey of randomly selected middle class families with preschool children. The survey, conducted as part of the Project in Television and Early Childhood Education at the University of Southern California, was initiated to provide a description of preschool children's viewing behavior and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Childrens Television, Demography
California Univ., Berkeley. Office of Institutional Research. – 1977
For the fall enrollment in 1976, data are given for: (1) campus enrollment summary; (2) new, continuing, and returning students; full- and part-time students; (3) undergraduate enrollment by college, school, or program and class level; (4) major field of study (broken down for new students and total enrollment); (5) undergraduate and graduate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, College Students, Degrees (Academic)