The Time-Allocation Decision and Achievement Patterns of Young Children.

Akin, John S.; Stewart, John F.

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Publication Date: 1982

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The Time-Allocation Decision and Achievement Patterns of Young Children.

Akin, John S.; Stewart, John F.

Economics of Education Review, v2 n4 p307-30 Fall 1982

Proposes and tests a model permitting analysis of the relationship between young children's time allocation decisions and the pattern of their early educational achievement. Suggests that these time allocation decisions are influenced by children's ages and abilities relative to their classmates and that the decisions ultimately affect later life successes. (PGD)

Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement, Age Differences, Decision Making, Human Capital, Models, Time Factors (Learning), Young Children

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