<p>How educated you are actually decides the performance of your kids at schools, said a research.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Education of parents is directly related to performance of kids on tasks related to working memory.<br /><br />Working memory - the ability to hold information in your mind, think about it, and use it to guide behaviour - develops through childhood and adolescence, and is key for successful performance at school and work.<br /><br />The study also found that differences in working memory that exist at the age of 10 years, persist through the end of adolescence.<br /><br />"Understanding the development of disparities in working memory has implications for education," said Daniel Hackman, a post-doctoral scholar at University of Pittsburgh, US.<br /><br />The researchers studied more than 300 10-13 years old students from urban public and private schools associated with religious organisations over four years.<br /><br />Neither parents' education nor living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood was found to be associated with the rate of growth in working memory across the four-year period.<br /><br />Lower parental education was found to be tied to differences in working memory that emerged by age 10 and continued through adolescence.<br /><br />However, neighbourhood characteristics were not related to working memory performance, the findings showed.<br /><br />"Our findings highlight the potential value of programmes that promote developing working memory early as a way to prevent disparities in achievement," Hackman said.<br /><br />The study appeared in the journal Child Development.<br /></p>
<p>How educated you are actually decides the performance of your kids at schools, said a research.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Education of parents is directly related to performance of kids on tasks related to working memory.<br /><br />Working memory - the ability to hold information in your mind, think about it, and use it to guide behaviour - develops through childhood and adolescence, and is key for successful performance at school and work.<br /><br />The study also found that differences in working memory that exist at the age of 10 years, persist through the end of adolescence.<br /><br />"Understanding the development of disparities in working memory has implications for education," said Daniel Hackman, a post-doctoral scholar at University of Pittsburgh, US.<br /><br />The researchers studied more than 300 10-13 years old students from urban public and private schools associated with religious organisations over four years.<br /><br />Neither parents' education nor living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood was found to be associated with the rate of growth in working memory across the four-year period.<br /><br />Lower parental education was found to be tied to differences in working memory that emerged by age 10 and continued through adolescence.<br /><br />However, neighbourhood characteristics were not related to working memory performance, the findings showed.<br /><br />"Our findings highlight the potential value of programmes that promote developing working memory early as a way to prevent disparities in achievement," Hackman said.<br /><br />The study appeared in the journal Child Development.<br /></p>