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A COMPARISON OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SUMMER AND AUTUMN‐BORN CHILDREN AT ELEVEN AND SIXTEEN
Author(s) -
ARMSTRONG H. G.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1966.tb01841.x
Subject(s) - disadvantage , significant difference , demography , psychology , geography , sociology , statistics , political science , mathematics , law
S ummary . The performance of a complete age group of some 24,000 children on standardised tests at the age of 11 was examined to determine whether they discriminated in favour of Autumn, as compared with, Summer‐born children. No significant difference was found. A similar comparison was made at the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education and again no difference in performance was evident. This obtained no matter what form of organisation prevailed in the school. A further comparison was made between children in urban and rural areas at 11 under test‐free conditions. This revealed that Summer‐born children in large urban schools were at a disadvantage in comparison with those in small rural schools.