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    Some Factors Affecting Scholastic Achievement of Elementary School Pupils
    (Addis Ababa University, 1995-06) Mamo, Sewnet; Teferra, Tirusew (PhD)
    The purpose of this study was to assess some of the prominent factors that are supposed to cause disparity in academic performance in eight selected elementary school pupils in Eastern Gojjam r egl on . The study involves 360 randomly selected students . The results suggested that the exposure o f students to urban-rural settings remarkably contributed to academic performance differences which in turn, caused difference in scholastic achievements between them. Moreover, sex, attitude and teachers' expectation were found to affect students achievement where as family educational background was not that much important in academic performance of students. The practical implications of these results to the policy and practices of education are indicated.