The role of task-avoid- ant and task-focused behaviors in the development of reading and mathematical skills during the first school year: A cross-lagged longitudinal study

08/01/2025 | PAXIS Institute |

Study examines whether children’s achievement strategies predict their improvement in reading and mathematical skills during the first school year, or whether the skills predict the change in their achievement strategies. Results indicate that task-avoidant behaviors decreased subsequent improvement in reading skills, and that a low level of reading skills increased subsequent task-avoidant behaviors. (Contains 129 references and 3 tables.) (Author/GCP)

Citation: Onatsu-Arvilommi T, Nurmi J-E. The role of task-avoid- ant and task-focused behaviors in the development of reading and mathematical skills during the first school year: A cross-lagged longitudinal study. Journal of Educational Psychology 2000;92:478-91

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