Biographical Factors and Academic Achievement: An Experimental Investigation*

Relation of achievement motivation to academic achievement in students of superior ability.

“…Most research (e.g., Berger & Sutker, 1956;Burgess, 1956;Hoyt & Norman, 1954), however, has failed to show any difference in overall adjustment among over-, under-, and moderate-achieving students. Various biographic and demographic variables have likewise failed to show consistent relationships with achievement (Asher & Gray, 1940; Morgan, 1952;Myers, 1953;Schultz & Green, 1953).…”

Implications of recent research for counseling.

“…An article by Scates and Scates (22) suggests that a questionnaire including some essay questions can give as good results as a depth interview in determining motivation and likelihood of action. Other articles, bv Myers (18), Woodman (32), Schultz and Green (23), indicate that biographical factors and attitudinal items have a small positive correlation with academic achievement. It seems likely on the basis of these results that counselors dealing with admissions might develop questionnaires or attitudinal inventories with the expectation that they may not add a great deal of accuracy of prediction for all cases but may be helpful in eliminating students who by attitude and past history are illsuited to college work.…”

Factor Stability of a Student Biographical Information Blank Over Several Grade Levels

“…-2a multiple prediction equation that incorporates prior academic performance (Hilton &Myers, 1966;Myers, 1952;Schultz & Green, 1953;Webb, 1960);…”