TY - JOUR
T1 - Science achievement and educational productivity
T2 - A hierarchical linear model
AU - Young, Deidra J.
AU - Reynolds, Arthur J.
AU - Walberg, Herbert J.
PY - 1996/5
Y1 - 1996/5
N2 - Achievement test scores were analyzed in relation to individual- and school-level factors in a national sample of about 2, 000 tenth-grade students participating in the Longitudinal Study of American Youth in order to investigate the relative importance of school and individual factors in the determination of science learning. Hierarchical linear analyses showed that individual measures accounted for most of the variance. Previous achievement was the preponderant influence on subsequent achievement. Nonetheless, initial science attitude, instructional time, home environment, and exposure to mass media were also significant individual-level influences on science achievement.
AB - Achievement test scores were analyzed in relation to individual- and school-level factors in a national sample of about 2, 000 tenth-grade students participating in the Longitudinal Study of American Youth in order to investigate the relative importance of school and individual factors in the determination of science learning. Hierarchical linear analyses showed that individual measures accounted for most of the variance. Previous achievement was the preponderant influence on subsequent achievement. Nonetheless, initial science attitude, instructional time, home environment, and exposure to mass media were also significant individual-level influences on science achievement.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220671.1996.9941328
DO - 10.1080/00220671.1996.9941328
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000708171
SN - 0022-0671
VL - 89
SP - 272
EP - 278
JO - Journal of Educational Research
JF - Journal of Educational Research
IS - 5
ER -
