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How Self-Control Drives Student Achievement
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Steinberg, Laurence – Educational Leadership, 2015
Brain science reveals that there are two periods of heightened plasticity, a time when the brain is especially prone to change: The first period is from birth to age 3; the second is during adolescence. The author, Laurence Steinberg, suggests that this finding should stimulate interest in secondary education as an opportune time to intervene to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Self Control, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement