Kathryn Duckworth

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of the results shows that early math skills have the greatest predictive power, followed by reading and then attention skills, while measures of socioemotional behaviors were generally insignificant predictors of later academic performance.

TL;DR: This paper found that elementary school students' knowledge of fractions and of division uniquely predicts their knowledge of algebra and overall mathematics achievement in high school, even after statistically controlling for other types of mathematical knowledge, general intellectual ability, working memory, and family income and education.

TL;DR: For both men and women, becoming an entrepreneur was associated with social skills and entrepreneurial intentions expressed at age 16, and gender-specific pathways were found, pointing to conjoint influences of both social structure and individual agency in shaping occupational choice and implementation.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of education in the family environment is discussed, and a framework for supporting resilience in childhood is proposed, based on the ecological model of home/school interaction for policy development.