The relationship between academic ability and academic achievement of mentally superior children at the seventh and eighth grade level

The purposes of this study were (1) to investigate the relationships between academic aptitude and academic achievement in reading and arithmetic at the seventh and the eighth grade levels in the city schools of Modesto, California, (2) to discuss the discovered relationships in terms of policies developed by the school system to meet the particular needs of mentally superior children, and (3) to suggest some possible means of modification of the curriculum in view of the discovered relationships between academic aptitude and academic achievement in reading and arithmetic.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

1957

Author dc:creator

• Trauger, George W., Jr.

• Gifted children
• Ability grouping in education
• Education

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1358

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2357