Achievement (Latest Articles)

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Examining the role of time and language type in reading development for English Language Learners.

29 Jan 2009 The purpose of this study was to examine the development of English reading achievement among English Language Learners (ELLs) and to determine whether the time that an ELL's family was in the United States and the type of native language spoken ...
rec_pub_19328284-examining-role-time-language-type-reading-development-english.htm

School functioning in adolescents with chronic pain: the role of depressive symptoms in school impairment.

28 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore associations between depressive symptoms and school functioning, including school attendance, academic performance, self-perceived academic competence, and teacher-rated school adjustment among predominantly Caucasian and ...
rec_pub_19181819-school-functioning-adolescents-chronic-pain-role-depressive-symptoms.htm

Coping with examinations: exploring relationships between students' coping strategies, implicit theories of ability, and perceived control.

28 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about the contribution of students' beliefs regarding the nature of academic ability (i.e. their implicit theories) on strategies used to deal with examinations. AIMS: This study applied Dweck's socio-cognitive ...
rec_pub_19187577-coping-examinations-exploring-relationships-students-coping.htm

Perfectionism dimensions in pregnancy--a study in Portuguese women.

20 Jan 2009 Pregnancy is essentially a physiological event, but neuroendocrinal and psychosocial changes are also important components of this experience. In this context, perceived stress may be enhanced by the activation of certain personality traits, like ...
rec_pub_19159067-perfectionism-dimensions-pregnancy-study-portuguese-women.htm

Premorbid adjustment in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.

19 Jan 2009 There is evidence that premorbid adjustment can differentiate schizophrenia from schizoaffective disorder. We recruited 41 patients with schizophrenia and 24 patients with schizoaffective disorder without substance abuse 6 months before the ...
rec_pub_19162333-premorbid-adjustment-schizophrenia-schizoaffective-disorder.htm

School performance of international adoptees better than expected from cognitive test results.

18 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate school performance of international adoptees in relation to their cognitive competence. METHOD: From the population of all male Swedish residents born 1973-1976, registered in the census 1985 and with complete test scores ...
rec_pub_19156352-school-performance-international-adoptees-better-expected-cognitive.htm

Quality of life across the schizotypy spectrum: findings from a large nonclinical adult sample.

14 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVE: It is well documented that patients with schizophrenia have impoverished quality of life (QOL). Efforts to determine the underpinnings of this impoverishment have implicated negative symptoms more than positive or disorganized symptoms. ...
rec_pub_19683610-quality-life-schizotypy-spectrum-findings-large-nonclinical-adult.htm

Impact of nutritional status at the onset of elementary school on academic aptitude test achievement at the end of high school in a multicausal approach.

11 Jan 2009 Like in many other countries, few investigations have been carried out in Chile to measure the long-term effects of nutritional status at an early age on scholastic achievement in a multicausal approach. The objectives of the present study were to ...
rec_pub_19138441-impact-nutritional-status-onset-elementary-school-academic-aptitude.htm

Second-to-fourth digit ratio predicts success among high-frequency financial traders.

10 Jan 2009 Prenatal androgens have important organizing effects on brain development and future behavior. The second-to-fourth digit length ratio (2D:4D) has been proposed as a marker of these prenatal androgen effects, a relatively longer fourth finger ...
rec_pub_19139402-second-fourth-digit-ratio-predicts-success-high-frequency-financial.htm

[Learning potential and cognitive remediation in schizophrenia]

6 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: Many studies have stressed the importance of neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia that represent a core feature of the pathology. Cognitive dysfunctions are present in 80% of schizophrenic patients, including deficits in attention, ...
rec_pub_19748372-learning-potential-cognitive-remediation-schizophrenia.htm

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