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Direct linkLarsen, Sally A.; Little, Callie W.; Coventry, William L. – Child Development, 2021
This research investigated whether delayed school entry was associated with higher achievement in national tests of reading and numeracy in Grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 (n = 2,823). Delayed entry was related to advantages in reading (0.14 SD) and numeracy (0.08 SD) at Grade 3, although little variance was explained (1%-2%). This slight advantage…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 3
Peer reviewedKirchner, Grace L.; Knopf, Irwin J. – Child Development, 1974
Second grade children, divided into high and low achievement groups, were tested on a visual vigilance task in which stimuli occurred 24 times in 30 minutes. High achievers responded correctly more often. (ST)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Attention Span, Elementary School Students, Laboratory Experiments
Peer reviewedAlexander, Karl L.; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Compared teachers' ratings of students and students' marks in reading and math and their achievement test scores during their first, second, and fourth years in school. Teachers' ratings of students' interest and participation and their attention span and restlessness were related to students' first-year achievement test scores and their marks in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Span, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
