Links Between Young Children's Behavior and Achievement: The Role of Social Class and Classroom Composition

This article examines the association between attentive and aggressive behavior (at the child- and class-level) and individual child achievement. Children with low attention, alone or in combination with aggressive behavior, made fewer gains in test scores during kindergarten. Additionally, having more children in the classroom with low attention was linked with lower achievement gains, even for children who did not themselves demonstrate problem behaviors.

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Year of publication:	2011-12-30
Authors:	Georges, Annie ; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne ; Malone, Lizabeth M.
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Subject:	Attention \| aggression Kindergarten \| achievement low-income children poverty \| classroom fixed effects

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Extent:	text/html
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	3 pages long
Classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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