Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ473809
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Socioeconomic Advantage and Achievement Motivation: Important Mediators of Academic Performance in Minority Children in Urban Schools.
Schultz, Geoffrey F.
Urban Review, v25 n3 p221-32 Sep 1993
Examines relationships among socioeconomic advantage, achievement motivation, and academic performance in an urban elementary school population of 130 African-American and Hispanic fourth- through sixth-grade students. Results indicate that socioeconomic advantage and achievement motivation are significant mediators of academic performance among minority children, independent of intellectual ability. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Students, Hispanic American Students, Hispanic Americans, Intelligence, Intermediate Grades, Minority Group Children, Performance, Socioeconomic Status, Student Motivation, Underachievement, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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