Wilbrod Mwanje, Muatsim Ahmed Mohammed, Erasmus Gidimadjor, Eva Mertens, Barbara Maria Bürkin, Axel Hoffmann
Containment of a fatal and highly infectious disease outbreak
The Pan African medical journal
study investigation relationships among diverse sample elementary students social skills problem behaviors academic competence academic achievement primary research question addressed relationship social behaviors academic achievement data collected examined two timepoints within school year allowed replication relationships among variables investigation predictive relationships time participants study 139 third fourthgrade students teachers two schools large urban community western massachusetts results study indicated social skills positively predictive concurrent levels academic achievement b problem behaviors negatively predictive concurrent academic achievement social skills however emerged significant predictor future academic functioning linkage problem behaviors future academic performance may vary function ethnic cultural membership status schools across united states positive social behavior academic competence high levels achievement objectives valued teachers parents educational stakeholders given valued objectives education surprising find many stakeholders concerned interventions focusing students social behavior may diminish shortchange development academic outcomes perception likely belief time taken away academics social behaviors given prominent place instruction researchers suggest however strong relationship social behavior academic achievement diperna elliott 1999 feshbach feshbach 1987 green forehand beck vosk 1980 gresham elliott 1990 lambert nicholl 1977 wentzel 1991