FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACADEMIC ATTAINMENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME Journal Articles

abstract

• Summary. The attainments in reading, number and writing skills, of 117 children with Down's syndrome, aged 6 to 14 years, were assessed using checklists completed by teachers. In a study of child and family functioning a wide range of variables was measured and the relationships of these to academic attainments were investigated using multivariable analysis. The children's mental age scores were most strongly related to academic attainments scores, but, in addition, type of school attended, gender, chronological age and fathers' scores on a measure of locus of control were significantly related. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for educational placement and curriculum, and the role of fathers in their children's education.

authors

• SLOPER, PATRICIA
• Cunningham, Charles E
• TURNER, STEPHEN
• KNUSSEN, CHRISTINA

status

• published 

publication date

• November 1990

has subject area

• 1303 Specialist Studies in Education (FoR)
• 1701 Psychology (FoR)
• Achievement (MeSH)
• Adolescent (MeSH)
• Child (MeSH)
• Cohort Studies (MeSH)
• Down Syndrome (MeSH)
• Education (Science Metrix)
• Education of Intellectually Disabled (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Intelligence (MeSH)
• Mainstreaming, Education (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Social Adjustment (MeSH)
• Social Environment (MeSH)
• Socioeconomic Factors (MeSH)

published in

• British Journal of Educational Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Achievement
• Adolescent
• Child
• Cohort Studies
• Down Syndrome
• Education of Intellectually Disabled
• Female
• Humans
• Intelligence
• Mainstreaming, Education
• Male
• Social Adjustment
• Social Environment
• Socioeconomic Factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1990.tb00945.x

PubMed ID

• 2150752

start page

• 284

end page

• 298

volume

• 60

issue

• 3