About the author: Noel P. Hurley received his PhD in Educational Administration from the University of Ottawa. He is currently Associate Professor, and Co-ordinator of Concurrent Programs at the University of Windsor, Ontario.
2002 0-7734-7252-5 This study develops a model to predict student achievement; furthers development of quality of school life models; links and predicts learning outcomes from the way one uses language. It tests Bernstein’s Theory of Language Discontinuity; develops a new causal model for school outcomes in an educational production function paradigm.