Positive family - program connections have been linked to
greater academic motivation, grade promotion, and socio - emotional skills across all types of young children, including those from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.Sandra L. Christenson, «Families and Schools: Rights, Responsibilities, Resources, and Relationships,» The Transition to Kindergarten, ed.
and also with later satisfactory partnerships in adult life Good father - child relations are associated with an absence of emotional and behavioural difficulties in adolescence and
greater academic motivation.
Not exact matches
Seating and layout The change from traditional row seating to the use of cluster arrangements typical of cooperative learning may lead to superior
academic achievement, better attendance,
motivation, self confidence, and
greater student interaction.
Closer examination of the studies of such schools clearly show that the apparent
academic advances are due to the presence of such factors as smaller class size, more resources,
greater parental interest, and higher student ability and
motivation — not to the absence of the opposite sex.
Academic outcomes resulting from social and emotional learning include
greater motivation to learn and commitment to school, increased time devoted to schoolwork and mastery of subject matter, improved attendance, graduation rates, grades, and test scores.