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ERIC Number: EJ235500
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Aug
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Evaluation of Confluence Model Variables on IQ and Achievement Test Scores in a Sample of 6- to 11-Year-Old Children.
Svanum, Soren; Bringle, Robert G.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v72 n4 p427-36 Aug 1980
The confluence model of cognitive development was tested on 7,060 children. Family size, sibling order within family sizes, and hypothesized age-dependent effects were tested. Findings indicated an inverse relationship between family size and the cognitive measures; age-dependent effects and other confluence variables were found to be nonsignificant. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Birth Order, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Intelligence Differences, Models, Predictor Variables, Socioeconomic Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Confluence Model; Family Size; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wide Range Achievement Test