Predicting Academic Achievement with Cognitive Abilities: Cross-Sectional Study across School Education

• Published in: Behavioral sciences Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 158
• Main Authors: Tikhomirova, Tatiana, Malykh, Artem, Malykh, Sergey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.10.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Age; Arrays; Child development; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Cognitive development; Cross-sectional studies; Education; Educational aspects; fluid intelligence; Information processing; information processing speed; Memory; number sense; Psychological aspects; Students; Success; visuospatial working memory; Russia; fluid intelligence; academic achievement; information processing speed; visuospatial working memory; number sense; cross-sectional study; cognitive ability; schooling

The relationship between cognitive abilities and academic achievement across schooling from the first to the eleventh grade was analyzed. Information processing speed, visuospatial working memory, number sense, and fluid intelligence were considered predictors of general academic achievement, which...