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(5) Do students who appear to have physiologically matured, as judged by their teachers, have better attitudes toward instructional activities?","Eight scales were reported on as follows: (1) Student-letter grade relationship; (2) Student-course relationship; (3) Student-achievement relationship; (4) Student-teacher relationship; (5) Student-favorite teacher/least favorite teacher relationship; (6) Student-principal relationship; (7) Student-study relationship; and (8) Student-program relationship.","A questionnaire consisting of demographic information, sixty-three categorical questions, and a discussion question was administered to 286 seventh and eighth grade students. Teachers estimated the physiological maturity for each of the student population. Answers are reported and an analysis made.","Within the limitations of this study, these data obtained warrant the conclusions that: (1) Girls had a higher mean than boys in seven scales (course, achievement, teacher, favorite teacher/least favorite teacher, principal, study, and program). (2) Students in the upper academic part of their classes had a higher mean than students in the middle and lower parts of their classes in five scales (achievement, teacher, favorite teacher/least favorite teacher, study, and program). (3) Student enrichment ability groups in language arts and mathematics had a higher mean than average and developmental groups in the same five scales. (4) Participation in extracurricular school activities positively influences student feelings about instructional activities. (5) Students who appear to have physiologically matured generally have better attitudes toward school.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T18:49:10Z (GMT). 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