Academic life is often described as a time of growth, discovery, and opportunity. For many students, however, it is also a period marked by intense pressure, constant deadlines, and high expectations.

Peer effects in academic achievement refer to the influence that students exert on one another’s performance, a dynamic that has garnered increasing attention in education research. Recent studies ...

I study the relative academic performance of students tracked or randomly assigned to South African university dormitories. Tracking reduces low-scoring students’ GPAs and has little effect on ...

Objective To summarise the current evidence on the effects of physical activity (PA) interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children, and formulate research priorities and ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An international debate over student employment turns on the question of whether work generally helps or harms children's development. This ...

A study of 3,425 German students from grades 5 through 9 has found that students who enjoyed and took pride in math had even better achievement than students with higher intelligence. Research has ...

I was about to write a completely different post, about an article maintaining that disadvantaged kids have less access to top quality teachers than kids from higher income families. But then I came ...

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