Antonio Carlos Costa, Massimo Vergassola
Fluctuating landscapes and heavy tails in animal behavior
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
increasing evidence suggests aspects childrens learningrelated social skills including interpersonal skills workrelated skills contribute early school performance present investigation examined association workrelated skills academic outcomes beginning kindergarten end second grade well characteristics children low workrelated skills children selected sample 540 children based low workrelated skills scores cooperfarran behavioral rating scales teacherrated scale results indicated workrelated skills predicted unique variance academic outcomes school entry end second grade controlling kindergarten academic score important background variables addition children poor workrelated skills n 82 found differ overall sample number child family sociocultural variables including significantly lower iqs behavior difficulties medical problems hearing language problems finally children low workrelated skills scored lower academic outcomes beginning kindergarten end second grade findings highlight importance early workrelated skills understanding successful school transition early academic achievement