Do peer relationships mediate the association between children’s facial emotion recognition ability and their academic attainment? Findings from the ALSPAC study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2021.101942
Abstract: Abstract We examined whether children’s facial emotion recognition ability predicted their academic attainment over time, and whether peer relationships mediated that association. A secondary aim was to test whether the putative causal pathways would be… read more here.
Keywords: recognition ability; academic attainment; facial emotion; emotion ... See more keywords
The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors
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DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1446430
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper presents a longitudinal mixed methods study tracking 11 children (aged 5–7 on entry), defined as disadvantaged in multiple ways, i.e. social, behavioural and economic. They attended weekly Forest School and outdoor learning… read more here.
Keywords: emotional wellbeing; academic attainment; forest school; school ... See more keywords
Neuropsychological abilities underpinning academic attainment in children born extremely preterm
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DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2021.2014433
Abstract: ABSTRACT Children born extremely preterm (EP) have poorer academic attainment than their term-born peers. There is a need to identify the specific cognitive mechanisms that are associated with poor academic attainment in preterm populations to… read more here.
Keywords: processing; born extremely; extremely preterm; academic attainment ... See more keywords
Meal Vouchers Matter for Academic Attainment: A Community College Field Experiment
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DOI: 10.3102/0013189x231153131
Abstract: Given growing awareness of the high prevalence of food insecurity among college students, higher education leaders are implementing various food interventions on their campuses. However, there is little research on the efficacy and impact of… read more here.
Keywords: meal; community college; field; academic attainment ... See more keywords
Fitness, Fatness, and Academic Attainment in Male Schoolchildren from a Soccer Academy
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19053106
Abstract: This investigation explored the association between anthropometric measures, fitness, and academic attainment (mathematics and science grade point average [GPA]) in male schoolchildren from a soccer academy. Thirty-one males (age: 10.3 ± 1.19 years; body mass:… read more here.
Keywords: male schoolchildren; schoolchildren soccer; fitness; academic attainment ... See more keywords