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The differential effects of school racking on psychometric intelligence Do academic-track schools make students smarter?
- Prior research has shown that quantity of schooling affects the development of intelligence in childhood and adolescence. However, it is still debated whether other aspects of schooling-such as ability tracking or, more generally, school quality-can also influence intelligence. In this study, the authors analyzed intelligence gains in academic- and vocational-track schools in Germany, testing for differential effects of school quality (academic vs. vocational track) on psychometric intelligence. Longitudinal data were obtained from a sample of N = 1,038 Grade 7 and 10 students in 49 schools. A nonverbal reasoning test was used as an indicator of general psychometric intelligence, and relevant psychological and social background variables were included in the analyses. Propensity score matching was used to control for selection bias. Results showed a positive effect of attending the academic track.
Author details: | Michael Becker, Oliver LüdtkeORCiDGND, Ulrich Trautwein, Olaf Köller, Jürgen BaumertGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027608 |
ISSN: | 0022-0663 |
Title of parent work (English): | The journal of educational psychology |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Place of publishing: | Washington |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2012 |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Tag: | cognitive development; intelligence; longitudinal studies; propensity score matching; school quality |
Volume: | 104 |
Issue: | 3 |
Number of pages: | 18 |
First page: | 682 |
Last Page: | 699 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Bildungswissenschaften / Department Erziehungswissenschaft |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft |