APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
School Readiness Skills at Age 4 Predict Academic Achievement through 5th Grade
- Courtney Ricciardi
George Mason University - Louis Manfra
University of Missouri - Columbia - Suzanne Hartman
West Virginia University - Charles Bleiker
Florida International University - Laura Dinehart
Florida International Unoversity - Adam Winsler
George Mason University
Abstract
The predictive power of early socio-emotional skills on later academic achievement is the center of frequent debate. Using multiple regression on a large and ethnically diverse sample, this study found that socio-emotional skills at age 4 are related to later academic achievement through 5th grade.
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