Underachievement (Latest Articles)

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Receipt of special education services following elementary school grade retention.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of children who receive an Individualized Education Program (IEP) following grade retention in elementary school. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: Children retained in kindergarten or first (K/1) ...
rec_pub_19487611-receipt-special-education-services-following-elementary-school-grade.htm

Early math matters: kindergarten number competence and later mathematics outcomes.

29 Apr 2009 Children's number competencies over 6 time points, from the beginning of kindergarten to the middle of 1st grade, were examined in relation to their mathematics achievement over 5 later time points, from the end of 1st grade to the end of 3rd grade. ...
rec_pub_19413436-early-math-matters-kindergarten-number-competence-later-mathematics.htm

Academic procrastination: associations with personal, school, and family variables.

29 Apr 2009 Procrastination is a common behavior, mainly in school settings. Only a few studies have analyzed the associations of academic procrastination with students' personal and family variables. In the present work, we analyzed the impact of ...
rec_pub_19476225-academic-procrastination-associations-personal-school-family-variables.htm

Academic delay of gratification, self-efficacy, and time management among academically unprepared college students.

30 Mar 2009 This study examined the associations between academic delay of gratification, self-efficacy beliefs, and time management among academically unprepared college students participating in a summer-immersion program. This study also examined whether the ...
rec_pub_19610492-academic-delay-gratification-self-efficacy-time-management.htm

Factors associated with cell phone use in adolescents in the community of Madrid (Spain).

30 Mar 2009 The purpose of this research is to measure cell phone use among high school adolescents and the factors associated with intensive cell phone use (depressive symptoms, social isolation, drug and alcohol use, school failure, and cell phone ...
rec_pub_19072078-factors-associated-cell-phone-use-adolescents-community-madrid-spain.htm

Academic performance in ADHD when controlled for comorbid learning disorders, family income, and parental education in Brazil.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: Scholastic achievement in a nonclinical sample of ADHD children and adolescents was evaluated taking into consideration variables such as comorbid learning disorders, family income, and parental education which may also be associated with ...
rec_pub_19218543-academic-performance-adhd-controlled-comorbid-learning-disorders.htm

Objective criteria for classification of postsecondary students as learning disabled: effects on prevalence rates and group characteristics.

16 Feb 2009 This study examined the consequences of classifying postsecondary students as learning disabled (LD) using five objective sets of criteria: IQ-achievement discrepancies (1.0 to 1.49 SD, 1.5 to 1.99 SD, and >or= 2.0 SD), DSM-IV criteria, and chronic ...
rec_pub_19225069-objective-criteria-classification-postsecondary-students-learning.htm

Smoking behavior and ethnicity in Jujuy, Argentina: evidence from a low-income youth sample.

30 Dec 2008 Latin America is the world region with the highest rates of youth tobacco use and widest socioeconomic gaps, yet no data are available on smoking among Indigenous people, the largest disadvantaged group in the region. A self-administered survey of ...
rec_pub_19360537-smoking-behavior-ethnicity-jujuy-argentina-evidence-low-income-youth.htm

A critical evaluation of the evidence supporting the practice of behavioural vision therapy.

30 Dec 2008 In 2000, the UK's College of Optometrists commissioned a report to critically evaluate the theory and practice of behavioural optometry. The report which followed Jennings (2000; Behavioural optometry--a critical review. Optom. Pract. 1: 67) ...
rec_pub_19154276-a-critical-evaluation-evidence-supporting-practice-behavioural-vision.htm

Self-reported childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms are not specific to the disorder.

20 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVE: The present study examined the specificity of self-reported childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms using the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) in young adults with (1) a previous diagnosis of ADHD, (2) comorbid ...
rec_pub_19374973-self-reported-childhood-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder.htm

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