The advance of computer technology that has greatly exceeded human computational capabilities makes the question of the artificial intelligence (AI) quite natural. If the rate of the progress is maintained, one might anticipate the existence of algorithms mimicking human thinking. Thinking, however, involves not only purely logical operations (enjoying high level of perfection today) but combin...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and risk behaviors associated with depressive symptoms in a nationally representative, cross-sectional sample of young adolescents. DESIGN A school-based survey collected through self-administered questionnaires in grades 6, 8, and 10 in 1996. SETTING Schools in the United States. PARTICIPANTS 9863 students in grades 6, 8, and 10 (avera...

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing societal changes, even along the trajectories of international tourism, educational development, and training systems. Existing research has demonstrated that scholastic attainment, parental expectations, school type have significant impacts on self-educational expectations migrant children. Nevertheless, there still insufficient differences in subject grades...

This study investigated the relationship between two components of reading ability (ie reading comprehension and reading vocabulary) and six dimensions of self-perception (ie perceived scholastic competence, perceived intellectual ability, perceived creativity, perceived job competence, perceived social acceptance, and perceived global self-worth) as factors impacting academic performance. The ...

The performance of a group of 8and 9-year old children (n 60) living in a disadvantaged inner-city area was examined on a series of measures of cognitive ability and scholastic performance Comparable data were ' obtained for a sample of children of similar age (n 60) selected as being representative of children living in ‘non disadvantaged’ areas m the same city The poorer performance of childr...