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ERIC Number: EJ356341
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Ability and Attitude Correlates of Academic Achievement: Family-Group Differences.
Marjoribanks, Kevin
Journal of Educational Psychology, v79 n2 p171-78 Jun 1987
The proposition was examined that for children from different family groups, there are variations in relations among their ability, attitudes toward school, and academic achievement. The study indicated that the family may act as a critical substratum variable that influences the relations between children's attitudinal and cognitive attributes and their academic performance. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Family Attitudes, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Achievement, Regression (Statistics), Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia