TY - JOUR
T1 - The Development of Achievement and Ability among Chinese Children
T2 - A New Contribution to an Old Controversy
AU - Chalip, Laurence
AU - Stigler, James W.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Does ability cause achievement, or vice versa? This longitudinal panel study investigates the relationship between ability and achievement in a non-Western culture, among elementary schoolchildren in Taiwan. Taiwan is an interesting case because SES differences, which have proved problematic for studies in the United States, are relatively unconfounded with educational experience. Scores on Raven's Progressive Matrices and mathematics grades in school were collected on a cohort of 608 students at both first and fourth grade. Path modeling revealed a relatively large effect of mathematics achievement in first grade on Raven's Matrices scores in fourth grade, but only a very small effect of Raven's Matrices scores in first grade on mathematics achievement in fourth grade. Results are discussed in terms of both theoretical and policy implications.
AB - Does ability cause achievement, or vice versa? This longitudinal panel study investigates the relationship between ability and achievement in a non-Western culture, among elementary schoolchildren in Taiwan. Taiwan is an interesting case because SES differences, which have proved problematic for studies in the United States, are relatively unconfounded with educational experience. Scores on Raven's Progressive Matrices and mathematics grades in school were collected on a cohort of 608 students at both first and fourth grade. Path modeling revealed a relatively large effect of mathematics achievement in first grade on Raven's Matrices scores in fourth grade, but only a very small effect of Raven's Matrices scores in first grade on mathematics achievement in fourth grade. Results are discussed in terms of both theoretical and policy implications.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220671.1986.10885695
DO - 10.1080/00220671.1986.10885695
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84934350392
SN - 0022-0671
VL - 79
SP - 302
EP - 307
JO - Journal of Educational Research
JF - Journal of Educational Research
IS - 5
ER -