Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1986

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Ceros-Livingston, Patsy

Abstract

A large number of individuals in the United States engage in the hobbies of stamp collecting and coin collecting. These recreational activities have long been believed to enhance academic learning for children although there has been no empirical evidence to support this belief. The question examined in this study was whether eighth and ninth grade collectors differ from noncollectors in academic achievement and, if such a difference were to be found, to what extent could it be explained by differences in intellectual levels and degrees of compulsivity. To answer this question a multivariate analysis of covariance procedure was employed, with group membership (collector versus noncollector) being the independent variable. The dependent variables were California Achievement Test scores for Mathematics and Language skills. The covariates were intellectual level and degree of compulsivity, represented by several factor scales from the High School Personality Questionnaire. The results of this study indicated that the collector group scored significantly higher in academic achievement than did the noncollector group. This difference was diminished when the influence of the covariates was removed, but it remained statistically significant. Suggestions were offered as to how future research might more clearly delineate the relationship between collecting and academic achievement.

Extent

85 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.

Identifier

FADT11876

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