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Academic Stress Points

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1ST GRADE

  • Learning to learn
  • Learning to read
  • Regulating behavior
  • Attention, emotional and behavioral control
  • Structure and support
  • Low content

4TH GRADE

  • Increase in quantity, depth and complexity of academic material
  • Decrease in contextual support
  • Change from "learning to read" to "reading to learn"
  • Increased demand for organization and processing of information for comprehension
  • New demands placed on existing cognitive resources
  • Increased demand for speed
  • Increased demand for writing

7TH GRADE

  • Further increase in the quantity, depth, and complexity of academic material
  • Further increase in the complexity of psychosocial relationships including linguistic and nonverbal demands
  • Decrease in contextual support from parents and teachers
  • Increased need for organization within the learning experience
  • Need for more self-direction and self-initiation
  • Major developmental changes (physiological, psychological, cognitive)
  • Increased peer demands
  • Increased demand for speed

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Further increases in quantity, depth and complexity of academic material
  • Further increases in complexity of psychosocial relationships
  • Continuing decrease in contextual support
  • Maximum demands on organization and speed

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