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ERIC Number: EJ336862
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Challenging the Assumption of Generalized Academic Losses over Summer.
Wintre, Maxine Gallander
Journal of Educational Research, v79 n5 p308-12 May-Jun 1986
Metropolitan Achievement Tests were administered to students in grades 1, 3, and 5 in the spring and again in the fall to see if their academic skills deteriorated over summer vacation. Results suggest that the assumption of generalized academic losses over the summer is unwarranted. Reasons are discussed. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills, Vacations
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Metropolitan Achievement Tests; Ontario (Toronto); Summer Vacations