BACKGROUND Parents consult with schools on how to help their children succeed, but schools rarely consult with parents, even though most parents have considerable expertise concerning their children's thoughts, feelings, and abilities. AIMS This study compares the prediction of academic achievement from self- and parent-ratings of feelings towards school (both positive and negative), life sat...

Research has not investigated how much of the previously documented positive association between high school religious service attendance and college grades is mediated by campus religious group participation. Nor do we know whether campus religious group involvement is an important mediator for black and Hispanic students who experience grade-lowering stereotype threat at historically white in...

Objectives: A potential new avenue to address the shortage of country doctors is to change the rules for admission to medical school. We therefore study the link between high-school grade point average and prospective physicians' choice to work in rural areas. To further inform the discussion about rules for admission, we also study the effects of other predictors: a measure of students' attitu...

Introduction Stress among medical students induced by academic pressures is on the rise among the student population in Pakistan and other parts of the world. Our study examined the relationship between two different systems employed to assess academic performance and the levels of stress among students at two different medical schools in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods A sample consisting of 387 me...

In this study of 62 African American families living in poverty, we examined the main and interactive effects of psychological, family, and school factors on students’ grade point average across the middle school transition. Both parent interviews and student surveys were collected, resulting in three major findings. First, students experienced a significant decline in grade point average acros...

introduction: basic science course plays a pivotal role in the academic achievement of the students. the scientific background and educational performance of the students are also influential in this period. the aim of the present study was to investigate the educational status of dental basic science course in the first three admissions (2009-2011) and its association with students’ educationa...

The relationship of serum uric acid concentration and school achievement was studied in 467 high school children in Tecumseh, Michigan. Serum uric acid (SUA) was determined by the spectrophotometric method. No statistically significant relationships were found between SUA and intelligence quotient or average academic grades. There was also no significant difference in SUA among the overachiever...

The dataset used in estimation and simulation was constructed from several sources. Table A1 provides an overview of the main variables used in the analysis. The sample of individuals comes from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS). The NELS is a longitudinal survey of a representative sample of U.S. 8th graders in 1988. Interviews were conducted in 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 200...