Why children must not start school till age 6
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Chris Weller | BUSINESS INSIDER
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Kids Who Delay Kindergarten Have Higher Self-Control
There's already a great deal
of research suggesting children should start their school days later.
Now, new research finds they should probably start their entire school
careers later, too.
A study out of Stanford University has found kids
whose parents waited to enroll them in kindergarten by age 6 (instead
of 5) had measurably better scores on tests of self-control by the time
they were 7 and 11.
Self-control -known to psychologists as “executive function“-is one of the more impor tant traits kids can possess in their early years. A strong degree of executive function signals kids are able to budget their time and maintain focus even when they're faced with distractions.
In the latest study , investigators Thomas Dee and Hans Henrik Sievertsen used the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC) study to collect their data.
The DNBC included responses from 54,241 parents on measures of mental health when their children were 7 years old and 35,902 responses when the kids were 11.
Dee and Sievertsen found kids who started kindergarten a year later than average students had 73% better scores on tests of their hyperactivity and in attention four years later.
Schools in Nordic countries aren't exactly strangers to enrolling kids in school later in life. In Finland, for example, it isn't uncommon for kids to begin formal schooling at age of eight. Much of their childhood is spent either at home or in a form of pre-kindergarten.
Self-control -known to psychologists as “executive function“-is one of the more impor tant traits kids can possess in their early years. A strong degree of executive function signals kids are able to budget their time and maintain focus even when they're faced with distractions.
In the latest study , investigators Thomas Dee and Hans Henrik Sievertsen used the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC) study to collect their data.
The DNBC included responses from 54,241 parents on measures of mental health when their children were 7 years old and 35,902 responses when the kids were 11.
Dee and Sievertsen found kids who started kindergarten a year later than average students had 73% better scores on tests of their hyperactivity and in attention four years later.
Schools in Nordic countries aren't exactly strangers to enrolling kids in school later in life. In Finland, for example, it isn't uncommon for kids to begin formal schooling at age of eight. Much of their childhood is spent either at home or in a form of pre-kindergarten.
The Times of India
| Mar 22 2017
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(NaviMumbai)
Source : http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31840&articlexml=Why-children-must-not-start-school-till-age-22032017019039
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