Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Academic Performance

Dear Colleagues, 

The educational field has thoroughly examined the factors that contribute to academic success for many years. Theory and research in the field represent different aspects of the human learning process, throughout various stages of life development, from early childhood to old age. This Special Issue focuses on cognitive and emotional aspects related to academic success, in different education systems, from early childhood to adulthood.

The ability to identify the cognitive characteristics of the student, as well as characteristics or emotional states relevant to learning processes, will help improve student achievement. A better understanding of the relationship and interplay between emotional needs, family processes, cognitive abilities, and academic performance, will help to develop and cultivate the students’ capabilities and will contribute to the realization of the potential inherent in them.

This Special Issue sought to broaden the scope of variables and aspects involved in students’ (of all ages and types) academic performance and achievements, above and beyond the orthodox cognitive and emotional variables normally considered in this context. We particularly seek research articles utilizing rather broad, or unique, sets of variables to explain the academic and educational performance of all sorts. In this regard, studies testing the interplay between cognitive, familial, and emotional processes in various contexts of learning and educational performances are most welcome. Learning and educational performance are broadly defined, which not only includes academic achievements per se (i.e., grades), but also various measurable and quantifiable aspects of social and personal adjustment in the educational environment. Following this, studies including populations with special educational needs are especially welcome. We welcome high-quality academic papers of all research methodologies.   

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• Social-emotional skills in learning and academic development
• Students’ perceived cognitive-emotional competence and academic performance
• Stress, anxiety, and coping strategies and academic achievements
• Motivation and resilience and academic performance
• Executive Functions and Academic Performance
• The concept of the self (e.g., self-efficacy) and academic performance.
• Family climate, parent–child relations, and parental involvement in affinity to students’ adjustment and academic performance.
• Impostor syndrome and its direct and indirect association with various aspects of emotional and academic functioning.
• Self-regulated learning (SRL) and academic performance.
• Students with special needs: factors and parameters of educational/academic performance and emotional well-being in the education system.

Dr. Yosi Yaffe
Dr. Gal Harpaz
Guest Editors

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