Sentences with phrase «showed higher academic ability»

When the researchers followed up with the students in first grade, those from the Tools of the Mind kindergarten class showed higher academic ability.

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In addition, some previous research has shown that when moving to a more rigorous academic environment, students» self - evaluations of their intelligence tends to suffer — even if they have high academic ability.

«Making a leap from high - ability high school to college of lesser academic status can be a real downer: Students who are «undermatched» as they shift into higher education show a 27 - percent hike in symptoms of depression.»

Social and Emotional Learning: «Research shows that promoting social and emotional skills leads to reduced violence and aggression among children, higher academic achievement, and an improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace....

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.

Research shows that promoting social and emotional skills leads to reduced violence and aggression among children, higher academic achievement, and an improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace.

Research has shown that these programs have positive benefits for students including higher academic achievement and increased cognitive abilities.

«Children from high - income backgrounds who show signs of low academic ability at age five, are 35 % more likely to become high earners than their poorer peers who show early signs of high ability,» Ms Greening told a Social Mobility Commission event.

However, recent research has shown that children exposed to high levels of adversity may be less prepared to succeed in school, in part due to deficits in executive function skills.6, 7,9,10,11 These deficits may undermine children's abilities to succeed in academics and develop positive peer and teacher relationships.12, 14,15 This may have long - term implications for school success given that the achievement gap tends to persist and even widen throughout the school years.16, 17

Early behavioural research pointed to the negative impact of «coercive» parenting practices in escalating negative child behaviours (Patterson 1989), and more recent research has shown that positive, proactive parenting (involving praise, encouragement and affection) is strongly associated with high child self - esteem, cognitive ability and social and academic competence, and is protective against later disruptive behaviour and substance misuse (Kumpfer 2004; Byford 2012).