scholarly journals Contributions of Related Variables to Reading Comprehension in School-Age Children: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 636-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhu Ja Chung ◽  
Hyojin Yoon
Author(s):  
Santiago Vernucci ◽  
Yesica Aydmune ◽  
María Laura Andrés ◽  
Débora Inés Burin ◽  
Lorena Canet‐Juric

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
Eva P. Lester ◽  
Stephanie Dudek ◽  
Roy C. Muir

Marked and consistent differences in academic performance between boys and girls were found in a longitudinal study of young school-age children. Performance, measured by objective tests administered by a psychologist, was higher in girls in all grades (Grade I to Grade V). However, tests of intelligence, perceptual maturity and conceptual ability showed no sex-linked differences — the only tests favouring the girls were those of motor ability. To explain the better academic performance of female children, personality attributes were considered (C.P.I.). Statistically significant differences were found in three personality dimensions: girls were found to be obedient and dependent, sober-minded and quiet, practical and realistic. In contrast the boys were found to be assertive and independent, excitable and happy-go-lucky, sensitive and free thinking. The significance of these findings is discussed in terms of academic achievement and also in terms of culturally-determined sex-typing of young children.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e111383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoung-Nam Kim ◽  
Jin Hee Kim ◽  
Ho-Jang Kwon ◽  
Soo-Jong Hong ◽  
Byoung-Ju Kim ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.V. Arkhireeva

The paper presents outcomes of a longitudinal study on learning motivation in children of early school age. The aim was to reveal the leading motives in first, second, third and fourth grades and to explore the dynamics of some learning motives in children over the whole period of elementary school. As it was found, the learning activity in the children was mostly motivated by social motives, among which the leading ones were the motives of self-determination and well-being. As for learning motives, over the course of all four years the children were for the most part motivated by the content of the learning activity, and not by its process. The dynamics of certain social motives of the learning activity varied across the sample, with some going through the periods of increase and decrease and others having a one-way dynamics. The study also revealed a decrease in the motivation rooted in the learning activity itself between the second and third year; at the same time, in the second, third and fourth years the children were more motivated by the content of the learning activity than by its process.


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