Center of Experimental Economics in Education, Shaanxi Normal University Shaanxi Province, No. 620 West Chang'an Street, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 710119, China.
BMC Public Health. 2023 Sep 23;23(1):1852. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16748-8.
Since China adopted a policy to eliminate rural learning centers, boarding has become an important feature of the current rural student community. However, there is a lack of consensus on the impact of boarding schools on students' cognitive and non-cognitive development. This study investigates the effect of boarding schools on the development of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities of junior high school students in rural northwest China.
Using a sample of 5,660 seventh-grade students from 160 rural junior high schools across 19 counties, we identify a causal relationship between boarding and student abilities with the instrumental variables (IV) approach.
The results suggest that boarding positively influences memory and attention, while it has no significant effect on other cognitive abilities such as reasoning, transcription speed, and accuracy. Furthermore, we find no significant association between boarding and the development of non-cognitive skills.
Given the widespread prevalence of boarding schools in rural regions, our study highlights the growing importance of improving school management to promote the development of students' cognitive abilities and integrating the development of non-cognitive or social-emotional abilities into students' daily routines.
自中国实行取消农村寄宿制中心的政策以来，寄宿制已成为当前农村学生群体的一个重要特征。然而，寄宿制对学生认知和非认知发展的影响尚未达成共识。本研究调查了寄宿制对中国西北农村地区初中生认知和非认知能力发展的影响。
本研究使用了来自 19 个县 160 所农村初中的 5660 名七年级学生的样本，采用工具变量（IV）方法确定了寄宿制与学生能力之间的因果关系。
结果表明，寄宿制对记忆力和注意力有积极影响，而对推理、转录速度和准确性等其他认知能力没有显著影响。此外，我们发现寄宿制与非认知技能的发展之间没有显著关联。
鉴于寄宿制在农村地区的广泛存在，本研究强调了改善学校管理以促进学生认知能力发展的重要性，并将非认知或社会情感能力的发展纳入学生的日常活动中。
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