Intellectual curiosity, confidence can help kids excel in mathematics

New York: For children low in math and reading skills, characteristics such as openness, intellectual curiosity and confidence can help them, finds new research. Proficiency in reading and math is associated with a complex system of skills, some of which derive from personality traits. The study found that characteristics related to openness, such as intellectual curiosity and confidence, made children more adept at taking on math and reading than characteristics describing conscientiousness, such as diligence and perseverance.

“Our findings provide additional knowledge on the complex set of skills that interact and give rise to differences in academic achievement between children, as well as the complexity of genetic architecture of academic achievement, which is made of many parts beyond intellect,” said lead author Margherita Malanchini. (IANS)

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