Traits Related to Achievement Motivation in Migrant Pre-School Children.

Autor/inn/en	Flynn, Tim M.; und weitere
Institution	Florida State Univ., Tallahassee.
Titel	Traits Related to Achievement Motivation in Migrant Pre-School Children.
Quelle	(1970), (79 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Rating; Black Students; Federal Programs; Migrant Education; Motivation; Motor Development; Observation; Preschool Children; Research; Risk; Self Concept; Sex Differences; White Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Motorische Entwicklung; Beobachtung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Forschung; Risiko; Selbstkonzept; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine whether motor inhibition, self-control, relationship with achievement model, dependency, self-concept, delay of gratification, and risk-taking constitute an achievement motivation construct for migrant preschool children. The subjects used to determine the relationship between the 7 traits and achievement motivation were 95 male and 100 female children between the ages of 3 years 9 months and 4 years 9 months. Most of the children in the study were Negro, with only 8 white children. Individual tests and observations by teachers and aides were the methods of measurement. A covergent-discriminant validation procedure was used for validating the 4 factors (cognition, self-control, relationship with achievement model, and dependency) which were established from the Pre-Kindergarten Scale through factor analysis. Convergent validities ranged from .53 to .28, while divergent validities ranged from .10 to .38. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the 7 motivational traits and achievement (as measured by the Cooperative Preschool Inventory). Separate analyses were conducted for boys and girls, and results of the study support this procedure of performing separate analyses for each sex. The research indicates that many of the same factors (self-concept, delay of gratification, self-control, and motor inhibition) which predict achievement for middle-class males also predict achievement for migrant preschool males. (LS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01