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Peer reviewedClarizio, Harvey F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Presents and evaluates the developmentally based taxonomy reflected in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders category of conduct disorder (CD). Focuses on subtypes of CD; pathways to CD; individual factors influencing development, such as age, gender, intellectual performance, neuropsychological difficulties, and temperament;…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Child Development, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMau, Wei-Cheng – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Investigates parental influence on the academic achievement of Asian immigrants, Asian American, and White Americans. Results indicate that both Asian immigrants and Asian Americans spent significantly more time on homework and perceived higher parental educational expectation than did White American students. White students reported more parental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedFenzel, L. Mickey; Magaletta, Philip R.; Peyrot, Mark F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Examined the relation of school strain to self-worth and three indicators of school functioning--scholastic competence, intrinsic motivation, and grade point average--among 102 students in an academic intervention program. Results showed a consistent relation of peer strain to self-worth, with strain increasing during the year. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Students, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedMay, Deborah C.; Kundert, Deborah K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Examines school readiness practices, along with the conceptual problems with the ways that "readiness" and "at risk" are defined. Analyzes methodological problems, delayed school entrance, and focuses on studies that examined future school retention rates, later use of special education services, and drop-out rates. Offers suggestions for best…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Children, Definitions, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedShepard, Lorrie A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Reviews both the technical and policy aspects of readiness testing in local school districts. Summarizes policy context, motivations behind the tests, and consequences. Discusses the types of readiness tests and developmental screening measures misused as readiness tests, along with evidence of these measures' substantive and technical validity.…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Children, Elementary Education, School Entrance Age
Peer reviewedGredler, Gilbert R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Examines issues related to the measurement of potential learning problems of young children. Looks at the rationale for screening, the instability of behavior, the use of inappropriate measures; defines the "at-risk" population, and problems in prediction. Presents a method for calculating the predictive validity of a screening measure. (RJM)
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Student Retention: Why is There a Gap between the Majority of Research Findings and School Practice?
Peer reviewedTanner, C. Kenneth; Galis, Susan Allan – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Reviews popular literature-based propositions pertaining to student retention and non-retention. Surveys the scope of the problem of retention and suggests that retaining a child so as to repeat an unsuccessful experience is inappropriate, whereas retaining a child and using resources to correct well-documented, individual problems is appropriate.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMantzicopoulos, Panayota Y. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Re-examines whether or not early retention results in positive long-term academic and behavioral outcomes for a subgroup of kindergarten children with attention problems. Results do not support the notion that pre-elementary school retention is a beneficial educational intervention for children with academic and/or behavior difficulties. (RJM)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Early Childhood Education, Grade Repetition
Peer reviewedLesiak, Judi Lucas – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Reviews the literature to address questions that school psychologists and teachers have regarding emergent literacy in kindergarten. Defines emergent literacy; examines the importance of reading to children; and discusses print awareness/concepts of print, knowledge of letter names, phonemic awareness, formal reading instruction, early readers,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Children, Definitions, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedGredler, Gilbert R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Focuses on two promising intervention programs for children with learning difficulties and looks at major issues in interpreting the effectiveness of such programs. Profiles the writing to read and the reading recovery programs, and discusses some of the criticisms that have been directed at these programs. (RJM)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Intervention
Peer reviewedRoss, Steven M.; Smith, Lana J.; Madden, Nancy A.; Slavin, Robert E. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Describes a comprehensive program developed on the basis that children can succeed academically when given appropriate resources and support early in life. Describes the philosophy and major elements of the program and reviews major findings from cross-site and longitudinal evaluations. Highlights recent research on factors regarding program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedRafoth, Mary Ann – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Proposes six guidelines for designing appropriate screening programs for children at school entrance: choosing appropriate goals, matching assessment choices to program goals, using psychometrically sound instruments, incorporating findings of research into screening programs, including input from parents and other caregivers, and mandating…
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Guidelines
Peer reviewedPhelps, LeAdelle – Psychology in the Schools, 1996
Assesses the relationship of Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning scores to Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children II and Woodcock-Johnson-Revised results in three groups: (1) learning disabled children with reading difficulties; (2) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children; and (3) nonhandicapped referred children. Total sample…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFlanagan, Dawn P.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1996
Examined the psychometric relationship between two new rating scales, the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC) and the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), for a sample (n=53) of minority kindergarten children using both parent and teacher ratings. In general, results provide preliminary convergent validity evidence for the BASC and SSRS.…
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedLukens, John; Hurrell, Rose Marie – Psychology in the Schools, 1996
Administered the Stanford-Binet IV and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) to 31 subjects, ages 11-17 years, who were previously identified as functioning in the range of mild mental retardation. Correlations among scores on the tests were significant. The Stanford-Binet IV Composite IQ was higher than identified in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Correlation, Developmental Disabilities
