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Title: Children's Early Academic and Attention Skills Best Predict Later School Success, According to Analysis of Large-Scale Studies
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Children's Early Academic and Attention Skills Best Predict Later School Success, According to Analysis of Large-Scale Studies Medical News Today, November 13, 2007: Psychology / Psychiatry News. Also: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/88582.php Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: MediLexicon International Ltd. Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); British Cohort Study (BCS); Children, Academic Development; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Scale Construction; School Entry/Readiness Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. "Children entering kindergarten with elementary math and reading skills are the most likely to do well in school later, even if they have various social and emotional problems, say researchers who examined data from six studies of close to 36,000 preschoolers. Children's attention-related skills also mattered, the researchers found." |
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Medical News Today. "Children's Early Academic and Attention Skills Best Predict Later School Success, According to Analysis of Large-Scale Studies." Medical News Today, November 13, 2007: Psychology / Psychiatry News. |