Children's Weight and Academic Performance in Elementary School: Cause for Concern?

The negative impact of the verbal abuse on student by the elementary school teachers is a big issue. A total of 416 students from four provinces and cities in China were enrolled in this study. We found that the occurrence rate of the verbal abuse by elementary school teachers was not high, whereas it still caused psychological trauma to students once happened by manifesting as the frustration of learning efficacy, self-confidence and interrelationship. Regarding the causes, student’s poor academic performance was the major reason, and it was significantly related to students’ gender, i.e., male students who had poor academic performance were far more vulnerable to be verbally abused by their teachers. Further, the study also found that students who were verbally abused by teachers were more easily bullied at school. The findings suggest that the government and schools should take joint measures to clarify the specific boundaries of teachers’ verbal punishment to students and standardize their verbal behavior to get teachers respect and care for students and create a healthy learning environment.

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Approaches to Parent Involvement for Improving the Academic Performance of Elementary School Age Children

Campbell Systematic Reviews ◽

10.4073/csr.2006.4 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Chad Nye ◽

Herb Turner ◽

Jamie Schwartz

Keyword(s):

Parent Involvement ◽

Elementary School ◽

Academic Performance ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Elementary School Age

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Computers and the academic performance of elementary school-aged girls in China's poor communities

Computers & Education ◽

10.1016/j.compedu.2012.08.011 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 335-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Yihua Yang ◽

Linxiu Zhang ◽

Junxia Zeng ◽

Xiaopeng Pang ◽

Fang Lai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Poor Communities

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Extracurricular Activities and Academic Performance in Elementary School Students

European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education ◽

10.1989/ejihpe.v3i2.26 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 87-97

Author(s):

Ramón Cladellas Pros ◽

Mercè Clariana Muntada ◽

Mar Badia Martín ◽

Concepción Gotzens Busquets

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Extracurricular Activities ◽

Balearic Islands ◽

Extracurricular Activity ◽

School Students ◽

Final Sample ◽

Potential Impact ◽

Academic Results

The aim of this study is to assess the potential impact of extracurricular activities on the academic performance of elementary school students. Attendance or not attendance, type of extracurricular activities (recreational, cognitive or both) and the number of hours a week have been taken into account. The final sample consisted of a total of 721 elementary school students (366 boys and 355 girls) from various schools in the counties of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Parents of the students were provided with a questionnaire asking for the pupils’ grades in different academic subjects (mathematics, Catalan, Spanish and English languages, gymnastics and arts) and information about type and amount of extracurricular activities. The results show that performing any kind of extracurricular activity improves academic performance. More specifically, performance of some activity (whether recreational or cognitive, or a combination of both) significantly accounts for improvement in academic results, except for math, gymnastics and arts. Also, the study shows that a high number of hours of extracurricular activities (more than 10 hours a week) negatively affect the performance in all subjects except in gymnastics.

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