SOCB26H3 Lecture : Lecture 4
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Not many longitudinal studies because they re costly, time consuming, and complex. American and british studies look at effects of placing students in streams in academic/non- academic, and effects on grades. effects of cognitive ability or background continues over time. 3rd study: (davies and guppy: schools collect data on writing skills, results of these research is that you find a wide variability of students writing skills. What factors predicts these variations? y ***(most important) 1. Individual differences; depends on student s ability, student s educational backgrounds whether parents were educated or not y 2. Streaming; whether you re in an academic stream decides who will write well and who will not y 5. According to davies and guppy students in academic streams, would get more opportunity to write, and also suggest that students deal with and interact with more stimulating material.
