A new study reports that preschool-aged kids who can sit still and focus have a better chance of graduating college than their more distracted classmates. Read on to find out why. A new study from Oregon State University has concluded that kids who can sit and focus are more likely to graduate from college than young children who get easily distracted, according to data that was collected during a span of 25 years. The study followed 430 kids from the time they were preschool age until the reached 21, and parents had to track their kids' behavior based on certain tasks, including “playing with a single toy for long periods of time,” or “gives up easily” when a task or games got hard, according to the Wall Street Journal. “We were interested in identifying early predictors of later success,” Megan McClelland said. Megan is the early childhood research core director at Osu’s Hallie E.
- 8/28/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
Washington, April 28 – Self-regulation is the key to academic success for at-risk children, a new American study has found.
Self-regulation refers to children’s ability to control their behaviour and impulses.
The study was conducted by then-Oregon State University graduate student Michaella Sektnan, who did the research as her master’s thesis working with Megan McClelland, an associate professor at Osu.
Sektnan is now a faculty research assistant for Osu Extension Family and Community Health.
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Self-regulation refers to children’s ability to control their behaviour and impulses.
The study was conducted by then-Oregon State University graduate student Michaella Sektnan, who did the research as her master’s thesis working with Megan McClelland, an associate professor at Osu.
Sektnan is now a faculty research assistant for Osu Extension Family and Community Health.
For.
- 4/28/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
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