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T THE FINDINGS were based on a study in which researchers examined time parents spend with their children from ages 3 to 5, alongside the children’s test scores when they were ages 8 to 14. Courtesy photo
Study: Adult skills correlate to early learning By City News Service
REGION — Skills people possess later in life may develop early in childhood, and there can be significant differences in skill sets depending on gender, according to findings released April 19 by UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management. The findings may explain in part the paucity of
women compared to men working and studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The researchers found women may opt out of such fields because they receive more early childhood reinforcement in language arts, according to the UCSD study, “Parental Investments in Early Childhood
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and the Gender Gap in Math and Literacy,” to be published in the journal American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings. “We find girls are better in English than boys in grades three through seven,” Anya Samek, an associate professor of economics at the Rady School and one of the study’s co-authors, said in a statement. “Because girls are more likely to do well in language fields early in life, they may find themselves more inclined to choose them for majors and careers. “Thus, women may be underrepresented in STEM in part because of their cultivated talents achieved earlier in life,” Samek said. The findings were based on a study in which the researchers examined time parents spend with their children from ages 3 to 5, alongside the children's test scores when they were ages 8 to 14. Additionally, the more time parents spent teaching children from ages 3 to 5 — up to three hours or more a week — correlated with better test scores when the children are ages 8 to 14. For instance, teaching three or more hours predicted 6% higher scores in English for children in fourth grade, relative to teaching one hour or less. However, there’s a gender gap in parental investment in children, the researchers found. On average, parents spent more time with girls and several factors could contribute to this disparity.
For example, compared to boys, the researchers found girls had a stronger ability to sit still and focus, and parents of girls were also 18% more likely to report that their child liked it when they taught. According to the data, girls did substantially better in language- related studies than boys, while scores for girls and boys in mathematics were more similar. Researchers found a stronger correlation between parental investment with language scores than they did with math. “I think it’s surprising to see that parental investments are correlated with the test scores in English but not in math,” said Samek. “It could be because we’re told to read to our kids at least 10 minutes a day. We’re told to introduce them to books and I think we probably spend less time thinking about how to engage children in math.” The study participants were mostly from Chicago and included 2,185 children and 953 parents who responded to surveys, 702 of whom also provided testscore data. “We show that early-life investments by parents are strongly associated with later-life language skills but only weakly associated with later life math skills,” Samek said. “It could be that parents just do not spend as much time teaching children math as they do reading. If that is the case, the next step may be to encourage parents to teach their young children math alongside reading.”
his month I asked integrative health expert, Dr. Greg Lane, DACM, LAc, to share his perspective on “long COVID,” a health condition affecting many in our community. Lane is a doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine who has helped people suffering with this condition. “As we enter the third year of the pandemic our society is fed-up, tired and beat-up over the persistence of the virus, the socio-economic impact and the fractures in our society,” Lane said. “One particularly disquieting result is patients who experience ‘long COVID,’ who are sometimes called “long-haulers.” The definition, according to the Mayo clinic, are effects of COVID-19 that persist more than four weeks after a person had been initially diagnosed. In my clinical practice I have seen many patients suffering a variety of lingering effects that seem to target the areas in which they are susceptible or have a predisposition, such as shortness of breath in patients with weak lungs, digestive complaints in patients with weaker digestions and pain in muscles and joints. The CDC defines the range of symptoms as follows:
• Difficulty thinking or concentrating, i.e. “brain fog” • Cough • Chest or stomach pain • Headache • Heart palpitations • Joint or muscle pain • Pins and needles sensations • Diarrhea • Sleep problems • Fever • Lightheadedness • Rash • Mood Changes • Change in smell or taste • Changes in menstrual period Recently a patient that came to Revivorship so fatigued post-COVID that she couldn’t walk around the block without having to stop and rest where previously she had no problem doing so. Something that I have noticed helps our patients is instructing them in proper breathing first and foremost. This is something that can be learned easily and done as homework. Healthy breathing has a huge impact on their overall sense of well being. “Also important to speed recovery is improving the quality and quantity of sleep. I find most people are significantly under rested and overstressed in general in our society and examining sleep hygiene and correcting circadian rhythm imbalances are crucial to recovery. Acupuncture and herbal medicine prove very effective as well.”
Thank you Dr. Greg for your insight! You can make an appointment with Dr. Greg • Tiredness or Fatigue Lane to support your best • Symptoms that get health post COVID, post canworse after physical or men- cer or for general wellness at tal activities (also known as Revivorship (844) 757-2327. post-exertional malaise) www.revivorship.com
TO HELP patients suffering from “long-COVID” symptoms, Revivorship recommends patients focus on breathing and improving their sleep. Courtesy photo