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Middle School Noncognitive Development In A Sample Of Hispanic/Latino Youth, Jill E. Mcvey
Middle School Noncognitive Development In A Sample Of Hispanic/Latino Youth, Jill E. Mcvey
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This study examined the development of noncognitive skills in a sample of 4,769 Hispanic/Latino students as they went through middle school and the first year of high school using ACT Engage 6-9, an assessment designed to predict student outcomes by measuring students' behaviors and psychosocial attributes. The scales of Academic Discipline, Relationships with School Personnel, and Thinking before Acting were examined longitudinally through HLM analysis. The factors of gender and several indices of academic achievement were used to predict differences in students' starting scores and growth over time.
All factors related to academic achievement were significantly related to differences in …