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Degoy, Emilse; Olmos, Ricardo – School Psychology, 2020
This study assessed the reciprocal predictive relation between multiple domains of health and academic performance (AP) in elementary schoolchildren through autoregressive models. A school-based longitudinal observational study was carried out, with a baseline measurement in 2014 and a follow-up at 12 and 24 months, in an Argentine sample of 533…
Descriptors: Child Health, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Lozada, Mariana; D'Adamo, Paola; Carro, Natalia – Journal of Moral Education, 2014
The present study investigates the plasticity of altruistic behavior in children, analyzing the effect of a short intervention on 6- to 7-year-olds. After a 10-session intervention performed in a school context, altruism significantly increased. The intervention, which included relaxation practices, cooperative activities and emotional security…
Descriptors: Altruism, Intervention, Young Children, Child Behavior
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Scheuer, Nora; de la Cruz, Montserrat; Pozo, Juan Ignacio; Neira, Silvina – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: Learning conceptions may be studied as specific implicit theories based on theory of mind. Previous studies suggest that a developmental shift from a direct implicit theory of learning to an interpretative one occurs during childhood. Here we explore the development of children's autobiographies of learning to write by adopting this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Grade 4, Learning Theories