The overall WEC well-being index has a weak positive association with academic outcomes, with effect sizes no larger than 0.1 SD¶
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q2 i1 In adjusted and unadjusted hierarchical mixed models, the overall WEC index is positively and meaningfully associated with NAPLAN and PAT outcomes, with effect sizes no larger than 0.1 SD. → Marrone 2024
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Marrone 2024¶
Marrone, Lam, Barthakur, Brinkman, Dawson, & Gabriel. (2024). The Relationship between Well-being and Academic Achievement: A Comprehensive Cross-Sectional Analysis of System Wide Data from 2016–2019. Journal of Learning Analytics, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8357
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Cross-sectional panel analysis linking WEC survey data to NAPLAN and PAT scores for 215,635 South Australian students in Years 4–10 (2016–2019), using linear hierarchical mixed models with students nested in classrooms and schools. The article reports "weak effects of the overall WEC index on all learning outcomes with the effect size no larger than 0.1SD"; for example, the adjusted NAPLAN numeracy coefficient was 0.080.
"Modelled relationships (Table 4) suggest weak effects of the overall WEC index on all learning outcomes with the effect size no larger than 0.1SD in all adjusted and unadjusted models."
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The overall WEC well-being index has a weak positive association with academic outcomes, with effect sizes no larger than 0.1 SD |
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The overall WEC well-being index has a weak positive association with academic outcomes, with effect sizes no larger than 0.1 SD |
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