Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Morris, John D.
Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair
Weppner, Daniel B.
Abstract
For 306 twelfth grade students, secondary science achievement by sex, race, and socioeconomic status (SES) was compared using analysis of variance (ANOVA), and the relationship of a set of 22 predictor variables to science achievement was investigated using multiple linear regression. That the reduced regression model with its primarily cognitive characteristics exhibited the highest significant correlation coefficients in predicting science achievement for low SES, black students is a finding that is at odds with much of the current literature, as is also the finding that females outperform males in science achievement. These anomalies, along with the implications of differences in science achievement based on sex and race, are discussed.
Extent
249 p.
Recommended Citation
McDonald, Jack, "Selected Student Characteristics and Science Achievement in a Mid-Sized Secondary School" (1991). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 228.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/228
Identifier
FA00000677
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1991.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.