Editorial: School Achievement and Failure in Portuguese and Spanish Speaking Countries

Frontiers in Psychology

Edgar Galindo¹ 

关键词: school achievement;    school failure;    academic achievement;    educational psychology;    applied psychology;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01074

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

School failure is an important social problem in the present world (Organization for Economic Co-operation Development, 2010). This seems to be especially true for Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries in Europe (Eurydice, 2011) and Latin America (Román, 2013). Consequently, school achievement and failure is an increasingly important topic of discussion and research. Psychology can make an important contribution to understanding these issues, emphasizing the individual perspective, i.e., defining academic and pre-academic skills for a good achievement and developing sound evaluation and intervention techniques for children with school failure problems. The following papers revise the latest developments in the field. The research covered tried to answer the most urgent questions on the topic: (1) Which variables are responsible for school achievement and failure? (2) Which intervention techniques can be used to help children with school failure problems?

【 授权许可】

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