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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 07 2016, @09:38AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-at-home? dept.

A new federal report recommends that schools emphasize building children's "self-regulation" skills in order to increase opportunities for student success in a number of areas. The recommendation is one of several in the report, the fourth in a series on self-regulation research and practice from the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Researchers have zeroed in on the importance of self-regulation skills, which allow children to manage their thoughts and feelings, control impulses, and problem-solve.

"Self-regulation affects wellbeing across the lifespan, from mental health and emotional wellbeing to academic achievement, physical health, and socioeconomic success," said Desiree Murray, associate director of research at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and lead author of the report. "Unfortunately, prolonged or pronounced stress and adversity, including poverty and trauma, can delay children's self-regulation development."


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 07 2016, @03:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 07 2016, @03:53PM (#438384)

    In the old days, they also separated out the intelligent children. I had an IQ test before third grade, and that determined my placement in advanced classes for the next six years (really for the rest of my life - I ended up getting a PhD). I never even saw any of the barbarians or the disabled until high school, when we started having mixed gym classes with the general population. I had a mixed German class one year, and I got to see the barbarians (well, the ones who signed up for foreign language) up close. I didn't understand why we had to waste time on their discipline problems when I was ready to move on and learn new things. I ended up reading some Goethe by the end of first year, but we could have done so much more without the distractions of the useless kids.

    Nowadays, that's rarely done. The smart kids are lumped in with the average and below-average ("mainstreaming"), and they waste a lot of time sitting there in class waiting for the stupid to catch up. It's terribly unfair to anyone who isn't slow.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 08 2016, @08:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 08 2016, @08:23AM (#438669)

    In my experience, the "smart kids" are mostly just kids who can memorize more information more quickly and spew it all back on homework assignments and tests. I was in advanced classes, and truly intelligent people were rare even in that environment due to the extremely low standards that schools have.