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Decomposing the influence of mental processes on academic performance

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  • Demetriou, Andreas
  • Makris, Nikolaos
  • Tachmatzidis, Dimitrios
  • Kazi, Smaragda
  • Spanoudis, George

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We explored relations between academic performance and cognition from 9 to 15 years of age. Participants were examined on executive control processes, reasoning in several domains, self-evaluation of performance in these domains, and language. Structural equation modelling showed that cognitive and language ability highly predicted school performance. These relations changed with age; cognitive flexibility, working memory and reasoning dominated from 9 to 11 and reasoning and language dominated from 13 to 15 years. Self-evaluation was related with academic performance only in secondary school, but this relation was masked by reasoning. SES influenced school achievement directly on top of cognitive influences in both primary and secondary school. The implications for cognitive developmental theory and educational implications are discussed.

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  • Demetriou, Andreas & Makris, Nikolaos & Tachmatzidis, Dimitrios & Kazi, Smaragda & Spanoudis, George, 2019. "Decomposing the influence of mental processes on academic performance," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:intell:v:77:y:2019:i:c:s0160289619301862
    DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2019.101404
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    1. Demetriou, Andreas & Kazi, Smaragda & Spanoudis, George & Makris, Nikolaos, 2019. "Predicting school performance from cognitive ability, self-representation, and personality from primary school to senior high school," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    2. Makris, Nikolaos & Tachmatzidis, Dimitrios & Demetriou, Andreas & Spanoudis, George, 2017. "Mapping the evolving core of intelligence: Changing relations between executive control, reasoning, language, and awareness," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 12-30.
    3. Demetriou, Andreas & Kazi, Smaragda & Spanoudis, George & Makris, Nikolaos, 2019. "Predicting school performance from cognitive ability, self-representation, and personality from primary school to senior high school," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 1-1.
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