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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, PHYSICAL FITNESS PERFORMANCE, AND BEHAVIOR RATINGS OF SIXTH GRADE PUPILS WITH VARYING CHRONOLOGICAL AGES
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which there existed a relationship between chronological age and academic achievement; the extent of the relationship between chronological age and physical fitness performance; and the extent of the relationship between chronological age and the behavior ratings of sixth grade students. Data from 136 sixth grade students were analyzed to determine the extent of the relationships. These students were identified as being within one year of each other in the sixth grade. Their chronological ages ranged from 11.0 to 11.11. Academic achievement data were obtained from the September, 1981, California Achievement Tests. Physical fitness performance data were obtained from the February, 1981, Dodge Run and Flexibility Tests. Behavior data were obtained from the May, 1982, "Teacher Rating Scale", a component of the Behavior Rating Profile. There was no evidence to suggest that chronological age had any positive or negative relationship to academic achievement, physical fitness performance, and behavior rating scores of sixth grade students based on the parameters of this study. Based upon the findings of this study, the following conclusions were drawn: (1) A chronologically older student did not appear to have an advantage in the sixth grade when compared with academic achievement, physical fitness, and behavior ratings. (2) A chronologically younger student did not appear to be at a disadvantage in the sixth grade when compared with academic achievement, physical fitness, and behavior ratings. The recommendations of this study are: (1) A study should be conducted that adds other independent variables such as sex and mental age. (2) A study should be conducted that includes scores of students who were early enrollees to kindergarten and students who delayed entrance to kindergarten. (3) A study should be conducted that includes parental behavior ratings of students. (4) A study should be conducted that expands the physical performance data to include all portions of the district's Motor and Physical Fitness Assessment Program.
Subject Area
Educational psychology
Recommended Citation
TUCKER, MICHAEL DAVID, "ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, PHYSICAL FITNESS PERFORMANCE, AND BEHAVIOR RATINGS OF SIXTH GRADE PUPILS WITH VARYING CHRONOLOGICAL AGES" (1985). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8521484.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8521484