Search for dissertations about: "childhood achievement"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words childhood achievement.
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1. Childhood Self-Regulation, Academic Achievement, and Occupational Attainment
Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to extend knowledge of the interplay between self-regulation (SR) skills during childhood in relation to academic achievement and later adult educational and occupational attainment. Previous research has shown that cool SR (i.e., cognitive) is more closely linked to academic achievement than hot SR (i. READ MORE
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2. General mental ability as related to school, work and health : The importance of childhood mental ability for work-related factors among middle-aged women and men
Abstract : General mental ability (GMA) has been found to be important for adjustment and achievement in school and at work. GMA has been linked to various health outcomes, although the research linking it to school-, work-, and health-related outcomes among working adults is still limited. READ MORE
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3. The Effects of Increased Physical Activity in Childhood on Fracture Risk, Musculoskeletal Development, and Academic Achievement
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4. Children’s Peer Status and Their Adjustment in Adolescence and Adulthood : Developmental issues in sociometric research
Abstract : The present research intended to examine the relationship between childhood stable peer status and adjustment in midadolescence for both genders, and adjustment in early and middle adulthood for women. One-year stably peer rejected, popular, and average boys and girls were identified by an age 10 and age 11 sociometric classification procedure using positive nominations and rank-ordering. READ MORE
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5. School Reform, Educational Achievement and Lifetime Income : Essays in Empirical Labor Economics
Abstract : The Impact of School Choice on Pupil Achievement, Segregation and Costs: Swedish Evidence. This paper evaluates school choice at the compulsory school level. We estimate the impact of an increased enrolment in private schools on average achievement using within-municipality variation over time. READ MORE