title: [Relationship Between General Cognitive Abilities and School Achievement: The Mediation Role of Learning Behavior].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  General cognitive abilities are still considered as the most important predictor of school achievement and success. Whether the high correlation (r=0.50) can be explained by other variables has not yet been studied. Learning behavior can be discussed as one factor that influences the relationship between general cognitive abilities and school achievement.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study examined the relationship between intelligence, school achievement and learning behavior. Mediator analyses were conducted to check whether learning behavior would mediate the relationship between general cognitive abilities and school grades in mathematics and German.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistical analyses confirmed that the relationship between general cognitive abilities and school achievement was fully mediated by learning behavior for German, whereas intelligence seemed to be the only predictor for achievement in mathematics. These results could be confirmed by non-parametric bootstrapping procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RESULTS indicate that special training of learning behavior may have a positive impact on school success, even for children and adolescents with low IQ.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rücker
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Büttner
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daseking
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics / Q000193:education*; D011340:Problem Solving; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*