Relation between interest and achievement

Abstract

"The degree of relationship between ability in high school courses 'liked best,' 'liked second best,' 'disliked most,' 'disliked next as much,' and average ability for high school courses is expressed by the correlation coefficients 0.60 ± .04, 0.49 ± .04, 0.58 ± .04, and 0.57 ± .04," with a group of 150 high school seniors in a questionnaire study. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)