Note on the organismic age concept

Note on the organismic age concept

In organismic age (OA) scores the components are weighted equally. "Because of the nature of the relationships among these age scores it follows that the correlation between educational achievement and OA must necessarily be considerably lower than between achievement and MA alone." This i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of educational psychology 1958-04, Vol.49 (2), p.106-107
Hauptverfasser: Blommers, Paul, Stroud, J. B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Academic Achievement
Human
Mental Age
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Zusammenfassung:In organismic age (OA) scores the components are weighted equally. "Because of the nature of the relationships among these age scores it follows that the correlation between educational achievement and OA must necessarily be considerably lower than between achievement and MA alone." This is demonstrated analytically . . . . there are neither theoretical nor empirical bases for believing that . . . [OA] predicts school achievement." From Psyc Abstracts 36:02:2KJ06B.
ISSN:0022-0663
1939-2176
DOI:10.1037/h0048752