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Wigelsworth, Michael; Verity, Lily; Mason, Carla; Qualter, Pamela; Humphrey, Neil – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: There is a plethora of reviews that summarize much of the evidence base in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). However, there are criticisms around variability of quality and focus of those reviews, meaning there is little strategic overview of the current state of the field. Further, there are rising concerns as to systemic gaps in…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Elementary Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology
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Passolunghi, Maria Chiara; Lanfranchi, Silvia – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Background: Many contributing factors, both domain specific and domain general, influence children's performance in school achievement. Aims: This research aims to verify the importance of kindergarten measures of cognitive abilities and numerical competence in the role of predicting mathematical school achievement at the end of first grade.…
Descriptors: Phonology, Academic Achievement, Intelligence Quotient, Short Term Memory
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Burgoyne, K.; Whiteley, H. E.; Hutchinson, J. M. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Background: A significant number of pupils in UK schools learn English as an additional language (EAL). Relative differences between the educational attainment of this group and monolingual, English-speaking pupils call for an exploration of the literacy needs of EAL learners. Aims: This study explores the developmental progression of reading and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Reading Fluency
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Van Dooren, Wim; De Bock, Dirk; Janssens, Dirk; Verschaffel, Lieven – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: From upper elementary education on, children develop a tendency to over-use linearity. Particularly, it is found that many pupils assume that if a figure enlarges "k" times, the area enlarges "k" times too. However, most research was conducted with traditional, school-like word problems. Aims: This study examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Items, Students, Elementary Education