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Direct linkLemelin, Jean-Pascal; Boivin, Michel; Forget-Dubois, Nadine; Dionne, Ginette; Seguin, Jean R.; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E.; Perusse, Daniel – Child Development, 2007
Using a genetic design of 840 60-month-old twins, this study investigated the genetic and environmental contributions to (a) individual differences in four components of cognitive school readiness, (b) the general ability underlying these four components, and (c) the predictive association between school readiness and school achievement. Results…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Academic Achievement, Genetics, Etiology
Peer reviewedMesser, Stanley B. – Child Development, 1972
Boys who took credit for their academic successes and girls who accepted blame for their failures were those most likely to have higher grades and higher achievement test scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conceptual Tempo, Data Analysis, Grade 4
Individual Differences in Strategy Choices: Good Students, Not-So-Good Students, and Perfectionists.
Peer reviewedSiegler, Robert S. – Child Development, 1988
Issues include consistent individual differences in children's strategy choices, interpretation of differences within a framework, and the relation of differences to standardized test performance. (RJC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Addition, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedFincham, Frank D.; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Examines the stability of individual differences in test anxiety and learned helplessness of 82 children in third grade and later in fifth grade. Results indicate that teacher reports of helplessness had the strongest and most consistent relation to concurrent achievement and to achievement test scores two years later. (RJC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMonahan, Susanne C.; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Sibling differences in family processes, such as parental monitoring, and in individual adjustment were examined for 133 pairs of 10- to 18-year-old siblings in divorced families. Found that siblings who lived apart after their parents' divorce differed more than siblings who lived together. (MDM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior
Peer reviewedRudolph, Karen D.; Lambert, Sharon F.; Clark, Alyssa G.; Kurlakowsky, Kathryn D. – Child Development, 2001
This longitudinal study examined role of maladaptive self-regulatory beliefs as vulnerability factors for academic and emotional difficulties during transition to middle school. Findings indicated that maladaptive self-regulatory beliefs predicted individual differences in perceived school-related stress and depressive symptoms during transition,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beliefs, Early Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedScarr, Sandra – Child Development, 1992
Argues that an evolutionary perspective can unite the study of species-typical development and individual variation. Provides examples from the domains of personality, social, and intellectual development. Maintains that understanding the ways in which genes and environments work together helps developmentalists identify children who need…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Child Development, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedConnell, James Patrick; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the empirical validity of a model of human motivation as it applies to school success and failure, assessing how indicators of context, self, and action related to measures of risk and resiliency. Subjects were 10- to 16-year-old African American youth in 3 independent samples. Found that parental engagement predicted school performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Black Youth
