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ERIC Number: EJ698662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Nov-1
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Effects of Academic Coaching on Elementary and Secondary School Students.
Kenny, Dianna T.; Faunce, Gavin
Journal of Educational Research, v98 n2 p115 Nov 2004
The authors assessed the effects of out-of-school hours academic coaching on students' (at academic performance on end-of-year examinations in English, mathematics, and science; (b) attainment of academic scholarships; and (c) acceptance to Gifted and Talented (GT) classes and selective high schools. Participants were 1,724 elementary and secondary school (Years 4 to 12) students. Results of analysis of covariance, with IQ as the covariate, indicated that coached and uncoached students performed equally in most subjects across most of the academic school years from Year 7 to Year 12. Logistic regression indicated that IQ was the best predictor of outcome for all aptitude tests. However, coaching had a significant effect on success on the GT entrance examination, a lesser impact on entrance to selective high schools, and no impact on the scholarship examination. Intensive test-wiseness and test-taking skills training appears to have compromised the integrity of some selective entrance examinations, particularly for younger students.Key words: commercial academic coaching, effects on performance and aptitude tests, elementary and secondary students in Australia
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Statistical Analysis, Secondary School Students, Scholarships, Intelligence Quotient, Integrity, Aptitude Tests, Student Attitudes
Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Web site: http://www.heldref.org
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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