School Achievement and Performance in Chilean High Schools: The Mediating Role of Subjective Wellbeing in School-Related Evaluations [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 School achievement gaps and school failure are problematic issues in Latin America, and are mainly explained by the socio-economic status (SES) of the students.
Verónica López +10 more
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Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2018 Background The global prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity is high. Lifestyle changes towards a healthy diet, increased physical activity and reduced sedentary activities are recommended to prevent and treat obesity.
Martin A +5 more
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A sequential model of the contribution of preschool fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities to later school achievement. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 The present study documented in two distinct population-based samples the contribution of preschool fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities to school achievement in primary school and examined the mediating role of crystallized abilities in this ...
Philippe Carpentier +16 more
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The Effect of Language Learning Strategies on Proficiency, Attitudes and School Achievement. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2017 This study examines language learning strategy (LLS) use in connexion with foreign language attitude, proficiency and general school achievement among lower secondary students in Years 5 and 8 (n = 868) in Hungary.
Habók A, Magyar A.
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School readiness and later achievement.
Developmental Psychology, 2007 Using 6 longitudinal data sets, the authors estimate links between three key elements of school readiness--school-entry academic, attention, and socioemotional skills--and later school reading and math achievement. In an effort to isolate the effects of these school-entry skills, the authors ensured that most of their regression models control for ...
Duncan, Greg J +12 more
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Emotion Understanding, Social Competence and School Achievement in Children from Primary School in Portugal. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2017 This study analyzes the relationship between emotion understanding and school achievement in children of primary school, considering age, gender, fluid intelligence, mother’s educational level and social competence.
Franco MDG +3 more
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School Size, Achievement, and Achievement Gaps
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004 In order to examine the relationship between school size and achievement, a study was conducted using longitudinal achievement data from North Carolina for three separate cohorts of public school students (one elementary, one middle and one high school).
Bradley J. McMillen
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Effects of COVID-19-Related School Closures on Student Achievement-A Systematic Review
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic led to numerous governments deciding to close schools for several weeks in spring 2020. Empirical evidence on the impact of COVID-19-related school closures on academic achievement is only just emerging.
Christoph KÖNIG +2 more
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Cognitive, Parent and Teacher Rating Measures of Executive Functioning: Shared and Unique Influences on School Achievement. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2017 Very little is known about the relative influence of cognitive performance-based executive functioning (EF) measures and behavioral EF ratings in explaining differences in children's school achievement. This study examined the shared and unique influence
Dekker MC +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 School climate is a leading factor in explaining student learning and achievement. Less work has explored the impact of both staff and student perceptions of school climate raising interesting questions about whether staff school climate experiences can ...
Sophie Maxwell +4 more
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