An Assessment of the Differences Between High and Low Achieving Students. Final Report

Authors

Ralph A. Scott, University of Northern Iowa
Jon A. Ford

Comments

ERIC Document - ED068890 found in the ERIC Database

Document Type

Report

Keywords

Academic Achievement; Achievement; Achievement Gains; Black Youth

Abstract

Primarily a longitudinal and quantitative analysis of achievement functioning; this experiment sought to identify factors which promote or impair the learning of individual children. The 683 Junior High students were divided into one of eight groups according to sex; race and whether their seventh grade Iowa Test of Basic Skills Composite score was above or below that expected from their Kindergarten Metropolitan Readiness Test performance. The incidence of males and females making unexpected gains (Ups) or losses (Downs) was approximately the same; but a significantly greater proportion of black children made greater than expected achievement gains. Thirty-three Up Ss were then matched with 33 Down Ss according to sex; race; and initial MRT score; and compared along a number of achievement and school-related dimensions in order to identify factors which tend to differentiate Ups and Downs within and between sex and race. Recommendations for further research and replication were provided and methods were suggested for implementing some results into classroom teaching techniques. (Author/SK)

Department

Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations

Original Publication Date

1972

Object Description

1 PDF file (33 pages)

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©1972 Ralph Scott and Jon A. Ford

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Scott, Ralph A. and Ford, Jon A., "An Assessment of the Differences Between High and Low Achieving Students. Final Report" (1972). Faculty Publications. 5563.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5563