scholarly journals Association Between Transient Newborn Hypoglycemia and Fourth-Grade Achievement Test Proficiency

2015 ◽  
Vol 169 (10) ◽  
pp. 913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Kaiser ◽  
Shasha Bai ◽  
Neal Gibson ◽  
Greg Holland ◽  
Tsai Mei Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Grade Achievement

Mental health matters in elementary school: first-grade screening predicts fourth grade achievement test scores

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 401-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Paz Guzman ◽  
Michael Jellinek ◽  
Myriam George ◽  
Marcela Hartley ◽  
Ana Maria Squicciarini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Achievement Test Scores ◽  
Grade Achievement

Selected Demographic Variables, School Music Participation, and Achievement Test Scores of Urban Middle School Students

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daryl W. Kinney
Keyword(s):  
Middle School Students ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
School Students ◽  
Urban Middle School ◽  
Band Students ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Grade Achievement ◽  
Urban Middle School Students

Nontransient 6th- and 8th-grade urban middle school students' achievement test scores were examined before (4th grade) and during (6th or 8th grade) enrollment in a performing ensemble. Ensemble participation (band, choir, none) and subject variables of socioeconomic status (SES) and home environment were considered. Fourth- and 6th-grade achievement tests consisted of Reading, Math, Citizenship and Science; 8th grade included Reading, Math, Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts. Analyses indicated significant differences yet small effect sizes for main effects of SES and ensemble participation. Higher SES students scored significantly higher on all subtests except 4th-, 6th-, and 8th-grade reading. Sixth-grade band students scored significantly higher than choir students and nonparticipants on every subtest of 6th- and 4th-grade achievement tests. Eighth-grade band students scored significantly higher than nonparticipants on 4th-grade Reading and Math and every subtest of the 8th-grade achievement test except Social Studies. Similar results for both cohorts suggest that band may attract higher achieving students from the outset and that test score differences remain stable over time.

Mixed Handedness and Achievement Test Scores of Middle School Boys

2008 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 497-506
Author(s):  
P. S. B. Sarma
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Normal Curve ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
Academic Deficits ◽  
The Right

The purpose of the study was to replicate findings of an earlier study of fourth grade boys manifesting mixed handedness with a sample. Among 32 mixed-handed boys in Grades 6 to 8, the right-handed writer, left-handed thrower group obtained low spelling scores (Normal Curve Equivalent Scores) on the California Achievement Test significantly more frequently than the left-handed writer, right-handed thrower group. These findings are consistent with data for Grade 4 boys in the earlier study. Findings strengthen the hypotheses that mixed handedness is not a unitary neuropsychological entity and that boys who write with the right hand and throw with the left hand might be at risk for certain academic deficits.

scholarly journals Why Teachers Select Specific Literacy Assignments and Students' Reactions to Them

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel D. Miller ◽  
Treana Adkins ◽  
Mary Louise Hooper
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Extrinsic Rewards ◽  
Language Arts Instruction ◽  
Student Interviews

This study evaluated the literacy assignments elementary teachers use in their reading and language arts instruction, the reasons why they use a particular assignment, and how students react to different assignments. The project was initiated by teachers (three third-grade and three fourth-grade) and their principal because they believed students failed to see how various reading and language arts skills were related to one another, had difficulties applying such skills whenever they had to read or write lengthy prose, and did not want to complete assignments unless they received extrinsic rewards. Furthermore, teachers said teaching was no longer as satisfying as it had been in previous years. To evaluate their concerns we examined whether their literacy assignments included those characteristics that foster student learning and motivation and we interviewed the teachers and principal about why they believed teaching was no longer as satisfying as it had once been. Interviews indicated that teachers and the principal believed accountability pressures to increase standardized achievement test scores strongly influenced their school's reading and language arts instruction. Teachers said they attempted to raise students' scores by emphasizing the standardized achievement test skills. To maximize skill coverage, teachers said they avoided literacy assignments that required the reading of lengthy texts, sophisticated writing, and lengthy discussions. Evaluations of their literacy assignments confirmed their statements; students seldom completed classwork which required sophisticated writing or reading. Student interviews showed that they were bored with these assignments or did them because they expected extrinsic rewards. Whenever they completed a more complex literacy assignment (i.e., those that required the writing of single or multiple sentences or paragraphs), students said they were challenged and enjoyed learning for learning's sake. Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings for school improvement studies and students' learning and motivation.

Prediction of Classroom Achievement Using Intelligence and Behavioral Variables for Inner-City Children

1975 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann W. Engin
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Basic Skill ◽  
Stanford Achievement Test ◽  
Academic Aptitude ◽  
Behavioral Variables

The relative importance of academic aptitude and behavioral variables for the prediction of achievement criteria in basic skill areas was investigated for a sample comprised of 71 inner-city third and fourth grade Ss. Analysis of the regression of five subtests of the Stanford Achievement Test on WISC IQs and scores on the Devereux indicated that both intelligence and behavioral variables constitute important components of third and fourth grade reading and arithmetic achievement and account for a significant proportion of the criterion variance in this sample.

scholarly journals The Impact of Cognitive Model on the Achievement of Geographical material on Female Students in the Fourth Grade literary

2018 ◽  
Vol 220 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-276
Author(s):  
Lecturer. Akeel Abbod Faleh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Search Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

        This study was conducted in the province of Diyala, targeted know the impact of the specimen knowledge in the collection of geographical material and retained when students fourth grade literary To achieve the aim of the research chose researcher sample of schools Diyala province consisted of 60 female students were distributed across the experimental groups and the control group, after a parity statistical among students groups , promising researcher experiment kits of targets behavioral and lesson plans, then a promising achievement test be 40 paragraph of multiple choice and pans marked by honesty and consistency and objectivity, a layer researcher at the end of the experiment, and reached higher than students in the experimental group to the control group. In light of the search results researcher recommended that the attention of teachers of general subjects of social and material especially paradigm of knowledge, in order to fit with the mental and cognitive abilities of the students. He proposed to hold subsequent studies complementary research

scholarly journals The use of mind maps related to the four operations in primary school fourth-grade students as an evaluation tool

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-266
Author(s):  
Alper Yorulmaz ◽  
Hümeyra Uysal ◽  
Sabri Sidekli
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Mind Maps ◽  
The Mind

The aim of the study was to determine the concepts that primary school fourth-grade students reveal with their mind maps related to four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) and to compare the mind map and achievement test scores. In the study, a mixed method was used in which quantitative and qualitative data were collected and presented together. The study was carried out with a total of 14 students. There were eight girls and six boys, who studying in the fourth-grade of a primary school in Menteşe district of Muğla, in the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. In the research, mind maps created for four operations and success test were used as data collection tools. The data collection process was carried out simultaneously. In the analysis of the data, qualitative data were transformed into the quantitative analysis, and quantitative analyzes were made. Concepts in mind maps created for four operations were subjected to qualitative analysis and photos were added as evidence. As a result of the research, it was determined that the majority of the students adopted the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Besides, it was revealed that there was a high-level positive relationship between the scores of the students obtained from the achievement test and the scores from the mind maps they created. The evaluation made using the mind map for primary school fourth-grade students is more advantageous than the achievement test in terms of determining the conceptual understanding.

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