Relative Age Effects in Mathematics and Reading: Investigating the Generalizability across Students, Time and Classes

A child’s age in comparison to the age of her or his classmates (relative age) has been found to be an influential factor on academic achievement, particularly but not exclusively at the beginning of formal schooling. However, few studies have focused on the generalizability of relative age effects....

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Main Authors: Katharina eThoren, Elisa eHeinig, Martin eBrunner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00679/full