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ERIC Number: EJ386504
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Retention: The Earlier, the Better?
Pomplun, Mark
Journal of Educational Research, v81 n5 p281-87 May-Jun 1988
Assessment of the relationships among self-concept, motivation, teacher, student, and parent attitudes, and achievement with students academically held back showed significant improvement in primary and intermediate grade retainees but not for secondary school students. Attitude scales also showed decreasing effectiveness of retention at higher grades. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Parent Attitudes, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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