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ERIC Number: EJ185677
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Relation Between Students' Convergent and Divergent Abilities, Their Academic Performance, and School-Related Affective Characteristics
Marjoribanks, Kevin
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 15, 3, 197-207, May 78
Classifies 12-year-old schoolchildren as either convergers (those who excel on conventional tests but do poorly on open-ended tests), divergers (those who excel on open-ended tests but do poorly on intelligence tests), or all-rounders (those who are equally good or bad on all tests) and searches for correlates with academic achievement, and attitudes toward school-related topics. Complex interrelationships are found. (CP)
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Junior High School Students, Predictor Variables, Science Education
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Identifiers: Great Britain