Sentences with phrase «correlates of academic ability»

In each of our analyses we sought to examine the unique effects of parental behaviors on children's academic ability by controlling for individual differences in known correlates of academic ability such as early measures of verbal ability, general cognitive ability, and parental education.

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The pervasive associations found between breastfeeding and measures of cognitive ability and academic achievement were, in part, explained by the fact that the outcomes described in Table 1 were all significantly correlated.

New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle - income countries, places the family among an educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.

The finding that happiness is positively correlated with GPA is significant, Hinton notes, because GPA provides a broader picture of academic achievement than standardized test scores, encompassing multiple types of abilities and the influence of social dynamics.

Although academic achievement and cognitive ability measurements are highly correlated, they differ in source of information.

The ability to delay immediate gratification has been correlated with students» academic performance in secondary school and has been found to be a greater predictor of academic performance than IQ.

Academic ability was weakly correlated with each aspect of parental behavior: Negative parent - child interaction, pr (100) = − 0.19, p = 0.05; parental scaffolding, pr (100) = 0.17, p = 0.09; the HLE, pr (100) = 0.27, p = 0.005.