Educational success
Scientific evidence
- Inclusive education seeks to teach all students in a common environment.
- Lack of mental health increases academic procrastination
- Grade repetition does not contribute to educational success or to the improvement of the educational trajectories of students who repeat grades
- Working on competence, autonomy and relatedness boosts students’ motivation
- Academic achievement implies quality relations
- Self-esteem has a relation with academic performance
- Evidence-based educational policies prevent school dropout and increase educational attainment
- The active participation of families is necessary for a good educational environment
- Play as a learning strategy in early childhood education for the full development of the child
- There are benefits from the involvement of families in learning, effort, and in the high expectations of the students
- Some forms of family engagement in school improves student academic results
- Playing chess improves learning
- Interactive Groups in the second language promote the acquisition of skills
- Early language exposure impacts positively on later abilities
- Family training improves student learning outcomes
- Family/community involvement in the school improves student learning achievements
- Interactive groups are a successful educational action
Hoax
- When students work individually, they pay more attention and, therefore, they learn more
- Extended learning time may be exhausting for children and does not improve academic success
- Private education is more efficient than public education
- Learning depends on the different ‘learning styles’ displayed by students
- Students benefit from grade repetition
- Students attend more and learn more when they are quiet
- Children need to get bored and not be stressed
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Needs more evidence
- Eating chocolate makes it easier to concentrate
- Education without social skills is inefficient
- The “Learning-Service” programme does not promote learning
- Studying influences being a successful person
- Parental divorce worsens children’s academic performance and learning outcomes
- Big brothers are more intelligent than little brothers
- School absenteeism and delinquency are related
- The quality of education is determined by whether the school is public or private
- Continuous or part-time school day does not explain educational success or failure
- Parents’ focus on the academic achievement of one of their children may affect the academic failure of the other siblings
- Homeschooled students tend to perform better than traditional schooled students in social skills and achievement
- Children always learn from concrete to abstract
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