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Direct linkWang, Yi; Zhang, Liwei; Zhai, Fuhua – Infant and Child Development, 2023
Spanking and parental verbal aggression are potentially toxic stressors that can negatively affect children's academic achievement by disrupting mental skills like executive function. Yet little empirical evidence has been provided for this mediating pathway. This study used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort of…
Descriptors: Punishment, Negative Reinforcement, Verbal Communication, Aggression
Adibsereshki, Narges; Abkenar, Somaye Jalil; Ashoori, Mohammad; Mirzamani, Mahmood – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two kinds of reinforcements, tangible reinforcements and social reinforcements, on the academic achievement of eighth-grade female students with intellectual disabilities in the science subject. The study was an experimental method by pretest, with a control group. The participants of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Intellectual Disability, Females
Rubin, Ron – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2012
School disengagement is linked to a lack of opportunities for students to fulfill their needs for independence and self-determination. Young people have little say about what, when, where, and how they will learn, the criteria used to assess their success, and the content of school and classroom rules. Traditional behavior management discourages…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Educational Opportunities, Discipline, Self Determination
Pomerantz, Eva M.; Kempner, Sara G. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
This research examined if mothers' day-to-day praise of children's success in school plays a role in children's theory of intelligence and motivation. Participants were 120 children (mean age = 10.23 years) and their mothers who took part in a 2-wave study spanning 6 months. During the first wave, mothers completed a 10-day daily interview in…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Intelligence
Peer reviewedGallagher, Patricia A. – Exceptional Children, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Span, Children, Educational Methods
Peer reviewedRomanczyk, Raymond G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Two studies were performed comparing the effectiveness of fixed-ratio (FR) and variable-ratio (VR) schedules of punishment during application and extinction. Subjects were two young children. Both studies found significant positive "side effects" of punishment in terms of increased play and social behavior as well as increased performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Chaining, Children, Conditioning
Peer reviewedLavin, Paul – School Counselor, 1997
Outlines a checklist that provides immediate, specific information on the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder child's behavior and academic performance. Lists objectives of the checklist, its content, and the ways in which the checklist is to be used. Claims that the checklist fosters teachers', parents', and children's cooperation. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification
Jenkins, Joseph R.; Gorrafa, Sheila – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research
Download full textBijou, Sidney W.; Grimm, Jeffrey A. – 1972
Presented in the paper are procedures for diagnosing academic and social behaviors of retarded and emotionally disturbed children 5 to 8 years of age. Assessment before instruction is said to involve medical reports, interviews, psychometric tests, direct observation, and behavior inventories. Assessment during instruction is discussed in terms of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Children, Diagnostic Teaching
Peer reviewedStipek, Deborah; Mac Iver, Douglas – Child Development, 1989
Analyzes what is known about how children's judgments of their intellectual competence and their definition and criteria for evaluating competence change with age and experience in achievement contexts. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development
KARNES, MERLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1963
TO STUDY WHETHER TEACHING TYPING TO EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS WOULD RESULT IN IMPROVING ACADEMIC WORK, GREATER VISUALIZATION SKILLS, AND BETTER SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT, THE EXPERIMENTAL HALF OF THE 14 MATCHED PAIRS OF CHILDREN 10 TO 13 YEARS OF AGE WITH MEASURED IQ'S BETWEEN 50 AND 80 WERE GIVEN 2 TO 3 YEARS OF TYPING INSTRUCTION.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Children, Emotional Adjustment
