An Empirical Study of the Zajonc-Markus Hypothesis for Achievement Test Score Declines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8221069 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald J Melican (Dallas Independent School District, corresponding author), Leonard S Feldt (University of Iowa) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-19 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8312 • E-ISSN: 1935-1011 |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/00028312017001005 |
| OpenAlex | W2099882570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 16 |
Zajonc has proposed that the decline in high school achievement since 1965 can be explained by the trend from 1947 to 1962 toward larger, closer-spaced families. This deduction is based on the Zajonc-Markus theory relating child spacing to intellectual development. The present study tested this theory with data on students in Iowa high schools. The size of the interval between children was found in selected instances to be related to achievement in families of three or more children, but the results were not consistent for every family size nor from child to child in the birth sequence. Overall, the results raise doubt that population trends in child spacing account for the decline in achievement test scores
Academic achievement · Achievement test · Developmental psychology · Econometrics · Economics · Mathematics education · Population · Standardized test · Test (biology · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education Systems and Policy · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2001 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |