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JOHN PARASREVOPOULOS
AND
JEANNE McRAE McCARTHY
Teachers, contrary
to
popular belief, are more perceptive of withdrawn be-
havior, and consider shy, withdrawn behavior to constitute a greater problem
than do the mothers. The finding that mothers perceive fewer and/or less severe
problems involving immaturity and inadequacy than teachers
do,
pinpoints an
area in which more articulation between mothers and teachers is needed.
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PREDICTION
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WITH DIVERGENT AND
CONVERGENT THINKING AND PERSONALITY VARIABLES
JOHN
F.
FELDHUSEN,
DONALD
J.
TREFFINGER
AND
ROBERT
M.
ELIAS
Purdue University
Concern with the prediction of academic performance has increased during
recent years due to a growing student population, experimental programs for dis-
advantaged youth, growth of programs designed to identify and support the training
of students with outstanding talents, and the development within the social sciences
(accompanied by increased financial support from federal and private agencies) of
a serious and concerted study of education (Lavin,
1965).
This study was con-
cerned with the prediction
of
academic achievement among high school students
from junior high school assessments of convergent and divergent thinking abilities
and selected personality and self-concept measures.
Several studies have shown that creativity and intelligence measures demon-
strate approximately equal efficiency in predicting academic achievement. Wade
1This
research was partially supported by funds from the
U.
S.
Office
of
Education grant
No.
0-EA
3-7-0626982996.