ERIC Number: EJ816642
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 32
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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Classroom Behavior
Segal, Carmit
Journal of Human Resources, v43 n4 p783-814 Fall 2008
This paper investigates the determinants and malleability of noncognitive skills. Using data on boys from the National Education Longitudinal Survey, I focus on youth behavior in the classroom as a measure of noncognitive skills. I find that student behavior during adolescence is persistent. The variation in behavior can be attributed to unobserved individual heterogeneity. Family and school characteristics, as well as the incentives for good behavior provided at home and in school, are important determinants of behavior. Neither the cross-sectional variation in behavior nor the variation over time in behavior can, however, be attributed to these covariates. (Contains 7 tables and 18 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Gender Differences, College Students, Males, Adolescents, Family Influence, Institutional Characteristics, Prosocial Behavior, Environmental Influences, Grade 8, Child Rearing, Attendance Patterns, Homework, Behavior Problems, Attention Span, Racial Differences, Family Income, Parent Influence, Educational Attainment, Family Structure, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, Parent School Relationship, Parenting Styles
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 8
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Language: English
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