Achievement (Latest Articles)

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Family-school connections and the transitions of low-income youths and English language learners from middle school to high school.

29 Jun 2009 The theoretical and policy focus on parental involvement in education has evolved into a consideration of 2-way connections between families and schools. Working from a social capital perspective emphasizing the importance of information in periods ...
rec_pub_19586180-family-school-connections-transitions-low-income-youths-english.htm

School performance and genetic and environmental variance in antisocial behavior at the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

29 Jun 2009 Antisocial behavior increases in adolescence, particularly among those who perform poorly in school. As adolescents move into adulthood, both educational attainment and the extent to which antisocial behavior continues have implications for ...
rec_pub_19586174-school-performance-genetic-environmental-variance-antisocial-behavior.htm

The contribution of children's self-regulation and classroom quality to children's adaptive behaviors in the kindergarten classroom.

29 Jun 2009 In this study, the authors examined the extent to which children's self-regulation upon kindergarten entrance and classroom quality in kindergarten contributed to children's adaptive classroom behavior. Children's self-regulation was assessed using ...
rec_pub_19586173-the-contribution-children-s-self-regulation-classroom-quality.htm

African American therapists working with African American families: an exploration of the strengths perspective in treatment.

29 Jun 2009 With the exception of Hill's (1971, 1999) work, historically much of the literature on African American families has focused more on pathology than strengths. This study used interviews with 30 African American psychotherapists, self-identified as ...
rec_pub_19522783-african-american-therapists-working-african-american-families.htm

Harmful effects of preexisting inappropriate highlighting on reading comprehension and metacognitive accuracy.

29 Jun 2009 Previous research has shown that preexisting inappropriate highlighting of text could impair reading comprehension. In addition to replicating this effect, the authors investigated the impact of preexisting highlighting on measures of metacognition. ...
rec_pub_19650523-harmful-effects-preexisting-inappropriate-highlighting-reading.htm

Reliability and validity of single-item self-reports: with special relevance to college students' alcohol use, religiosity, study, and social life.

29 Jun 2009 The authors tested the assumption that single-item measures have unacceptably low reliability and validity. On 2 occasions 11 weeks apart, college students reported on the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption, 2 religious behaviors, time of ...
rec_pub_19650519-reliability-validity-single-item-self-reports-special-relevance.htm

How do feelings influence effort? An empirical study of entrepreneurs' affect and venture effort.

29 Jun 2009 How do feelings influence the effort of entrepreneurs? To obtain data on this issue, the authors implemented experience sampling methodology in which 46 entrepreneurs used cell phones to provide reports on their affect, future temporal focus, and ...
rec_pub_19594247-how-feelings-influence-effort-empirical-study-entrepreneurs-affect.htm

Power to the people: using learner control to improve trainee reactions and learning in web-based instructional environments.

29 Jun 2009 This experimental study investigated the mechanisms by which learner control influences learning in an e-learning environment. The authors hypothesized that learner control would enhance learning indirectly through its effect on trainee reactions ...
rec_pub_19594237-power-people-using-learner-control-improve-trainee-reactions-learning.htm

Cross-national variation in the size of sex differences in values: effects of gender equality.

29 Jun 2009 How does gender equality relate to men's and women's value priorities? It is hypothesized that, for both sexes, the importance of benevolence, universalism, stimulation, hedonism, and self-direction values increases with greater gender equality, ...
rec_pub_19586247-cross-national-variation-size-sex-differences-values-effects-gender.htm

Clarifying the role of social comparison in the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE): an integrative study.

29 Jun 2009 It has been speculated that the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE; the negative impact of highly selective academic settings on academic self-concept) is a consequence of invidious social comparisons experienced in higher ability schools. However, ...
rec_pub_19586246-clarifying-role-social-comparison-big-fish-little-pond-effect-bflpe.htm

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