Be Nice Not Smart
Cognitive Daily is running an interesting story of a study entitled: Prosocial foundations of children’s academic achievement. By looking at third grade children and then following them up in eighth grade the study examines the correlation between pro-social behavior, aggression and academic achievement. They found that children who are rated by their peers and teachers as cooperative and helpful did better at school. In third grade the correlation was 0.75 which is highly significant. Interestingly, pro-social behavior is only weakly linked with intelligence indicating that in order to increase academic achievement we should focus on teaching children to be nice, not smart.
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- Worksheets! For Teaching Social Thinking and Related Skills: Breaking Down Concepts for Teaching Students with High Functioning Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Pdd-nos, Nonverbal Learning Disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adhd
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June 21st, 2005
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