The Influence of Race, Class, and Gender on Self-Esteem for Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Grade Students in Pennsylvania Schools

The Effect of Student Discussion Frequency on Fifth-Grade Students’ Mathematics Achievement in U.S. Schools

“…Two factors that have historically affected mathematics achievement have also been intertwined in their effect are SES and race/ethnicity (Kohr, Coldiron, Skiffington, Masters, & Blust, 1987). Tate (1997) conducted a review of the literature in which he found that between 1973 and 1992, the achievement gap attributable to race closed in Grades 4, 8, and 12.…”

Relationship Between Self‐Concept and Achievement for African American Preadolescents

“…Results of investigations into the relationships between self-concept and other variables do seem to depend on measurement of the self-concept construct (Kohr et a]., 1988;Marchant, 1991). The particular instrument used in this study quantified seven self-concept dimensions.…”

“…Socioeconomic status was used as a control variable in this study. It has been demonstrated that SES is related to self-concept (Demo & Savin-Williams, 1983;Kohr et al, 1988;Stenner & Katzenmeyer, 1979) and to achievement (Omstein & Levine, 1989). We assessed SES through questionnaires completed by counselors of participants using two sources: school lunch data and parental educational levels.…”

“…This inconsistency among findings may be related to various factors. First, results of studies of self-constructs seem to depend on how those constructs are defined and on how they are measured (Kohr, Coldiron, Skiffington, Masters, & Blust, 1988). Various instruments were used in the aforementioned studies, and it seems natural that results varied.…”

Concept de soi et statut sociométrique des adolescentes et des adolescents membres des minorités raciales au sein des écoles françaises de l’Ontario

“…Le premier inclut des études comparant le concept de soi d'enfants ou d'adolescents de différents pays. Par exemple, les études de Watkins, Regmi et Alfon (1990), de Watkins, Lam et Regmi (1991) La plupart des recherches de ce groupe ont été réalisées aux États-Unis et comparent surtout les Afro-Américains aux Euro-Américains (Bowler, Rauch et Schwarzer, 1986;Hirsh et Rapkin, 1987;Kohr, Coldiron, Skiffington et Masters, 1988;Richman et al, 1985;Spurlock, 1986). Quelques-unes incluent des Hispano-Américains (Grossman, Wirt et Davids, 1985) et des Américains asiatiques (Howes et Wu, 1990).…”