Kids’ Self-Perception of Ability in Math & Reading Predicts Later Achievement
October 30, 2017
Pamela Davis-Kean co-authored a study with Maria Ines Susperreguy, Kathryn Duckworth, and Meichu Chen which finds students’ self-concept of their own ability in math and reading predicts later attainment across different levels of achievement.
The article, Self-Concept Predicts Academic Achievement Across Levels of the Achievement Distribution: Domain Specificity for Math and Reading, has been reported on in several news outlets:
- Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Kids' self-perception influences academic achievement
- Technology.org, Belief in one's abilities early in life predicts math, reading achievement later on
- Science Daily, Students’ self-concepts of ability in math, reading predict later math, reading attainment
- Laboratory Equipment, Belief in One’s Abilities Early in Life Predicts Math, Reading Achievement Later
- XinhuaNet, Believing in abilities in early life may lead to academic achievement later on: study
- Futurity, Belief in success predicts how kids do in math and reading