Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
pp. vii-x
Chapter 1
Social Class, Family, Gender and Educational Performance
(Leopoldo Cabrera, Moisés Betancort, Carmen Pérez, La Laguna University, La Laguna, Spain)
pp. 1-40
Chapter 2
Education Dollars and Student Achievement: An Analysis of the Literature
(Maureen Cullen, John R. Slate, Barbara Polnick and Rebecca Robles-Pina, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA)
pp. 41-68
Chapter 3
Academic Achievement and its Relation with Objective and Subjective Executive Functioning
(Inmaculada Navarro and Domingo García-Villamisar, Public School, Francisco Giner de los Ríos, Albacete, Spain, and others)
pp. 69-84
Chapter 4
Self-Worth Protection in Academic Contexts: Self-Handicapping and Defensive Pessimism
(María del Mar Ferradás, Carlos Freire, Bibiana Regueiro, José Carlos Núñez and Antonio Valle, Universidade da Coruña, Spain, and others)
pp. 85-112
Chapter 5
Longitudinal Examination of Personal Well-Being: Validating Newly Developed Concepts
(Huy P. Phan, The University of New England, Armidale, Australia)
pp. 113-130
Chapter 6
Environmental Influence on Math Reaction Time: A Sibling Study
(Chelsea E. Foong, A. Alexander Beaujean, Craig L. Frisby, and Andrew J. Knoop, Baylor University, TX, USA, and others)
pp. 131-150
Chapter 7
Success in Higher Education: A Conceptual Analysis
(Jessica M. Payne, John R. Slate and Wally Barnes, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA)
pp. 151-172
Chapter 8
Academic Performance in Mexican At-Risk Adolescents: The Role of Executive Functions
(Nadia Saraí Corral-Frías, and José Concepción Gaxiola-Romero, University of Sonora, Department of Psychology, Sonora, México)
pp. 173-188
Chapter 9
Academic Achievement of Hispanic Students as a Function of Grade Span Configuration
(M. Chad Jones, John R. Slate and George W. Moore, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA)
pp. 189-196
Chapter 10
Transforming Education through Ubiquitous Access to the Digital Universe
(Julie A. Barrett, George W. Moore and John R. Slate, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA)
pp. 197-208
Index
pp. 209-221