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The Development of Achievement Strategies and Academic Skills during the First Year of Primary School.

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Onatsu-Arvilommi, Tiina; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Aunola, Kaisa – Learning and Instruction, 2002

Studied whether children's achievement strategies predict the development of their reading and mathematics skills during the first school year or whether these skills predict changes in their achievement strategies. Findings for 105 Finnish first graders show that maladaptive strategies hamper improvement in reading and mathematics; skills did not…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Reading, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries

Teaching Collaborative Skills to Primary School Children in Classroom-Based Work Groups.

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Gillies, Robyn M; Ashman, Adrian F. – Learning and Instruction, 1996

Sixth graders (n=192) participated in a study that compared the effects on behavior and achievement of cooperative learning with group members trained to facilitate each other's learning and cooperative learning in which members did not receive such training. Training resulted in positive effects on achievement and behavior. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students