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CHILDREN'S LEARNING SKILLS AT THE INFANT AND JUNIOR STAGES: A FOLLOW‐ON STUDY
Author(s) -
GREEN LEN,
FRANCIS JEAN
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1988.tb00883.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics education
S ummary . This follow‐on study investigates the learning skills and scholastic attainments of about half of an original cohort of over 2,000 children. The earlier study, when the children were 5 and 6 years old, found observed learning skills to be as predictive of attainment one year later as were IQ scores (Stott et al. , 1983a). The follow‐up when the children were 9 and 10 years old adopts the earlier experimental design, comparing learning skills with attainments. It also relates early learning skills with attainments four years later. The results and teachers' comments indicate that learning skills strongly influence a child's attainments and that the GCLS (Guide to the Child's Learning Skills) has a contribution to make in the on‐going monitoring of children's learning behaviours.