Early Self-Regulation Boosts Children's Educational Success

Early Self-Regulation Boosts Children’s Educational Success

17th October, 2022

21 October 2022, Newsletter, OT, Self Regulation

[Source: Science Daily]

A study by the universities of Zurich and Mainz has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.

Self-regulation, i.e., the ability to manage attention, emotions and impulses, as well as to pursue individual goals with perseverance, is not a skill that we usually associate with young children. However, the school closures due to the pandemic and the increased usage of digital media by children have now shown how important these abilities are, especially for children.

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