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Kwok, Oi-man; Hughes, Jan N.; Luo, Wen – Journal of School Psychology, 2007
This study investigated a measurement model of personality resilience and the contribution of personality resilience to lower achieving first grade students' academic achievement. Participants were 445 ethnically diverse children who at entrance to first grade scored below their school district median on a test of literacy. Participants were…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Low Achievement, Grade 1, Academic Achievement
Martin, Roy P.; Gaddis, Lena – 1989
The relatively long-term effects of temperament on classroom achievement were studied in a cohort of elementary students while accounting for variation in cognitive ability, previous achievement, and gender. The existence of long-term effects would support the hypothesis that indirect genetic effects on learning are mediated by temperament.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students