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| Wendt, Minh; Kinsey, Jean D.. |
| This paper investigates the association between weight and elementary school students’ academic achievement, as measured by standardized Item Respond Theory scale scores in reading and math. Data for this study come from the 1998 cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten-Fifth Grade (ECLS-K), which contains a large national sample of children between the ages of 5 and 12. Estimates of the association between weight and achievement were obtained by utilizing two regression model specifications, a mixed-effects linear model and a student-specific fixed-effects model. A comprehensive set of explanatory variables such as a household’s motivation in helping the student learn (e.g. parents’ expectations for their child’s schooling and levels... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Childhood overweight; Academic achievement; ECLS-K; Consumer/Household Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49347 |
