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. 2017 Feb 13;12(2):e0172046. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172046

Table 2. Results for Mixed Models Predicting Growth in 6th-9th Academic Achievement.

Model NO1 Model NO2 Model WR1 Model WR2
Estimate SE p Estimate SE p Estimate SE p Estimate SE p
Intercept 37.81 0.79 < .0001 36.93 0.64 < .0001 119.18 0.74 < .0001 118.06 0.42 < .0001
Grade 2.60 0.22 < .0001 2.65 0.22 < .0001 2.54 0.16 < .0001 2.62 0.15 < .0001
Sex -1.68 1.16 0.1499 -0.60 0.94 0.5205 -0.52 1.09 0.631 0.65 0.61 0.2883
Sex × Grade -0.10 0.32 0.7546 -0.17 0.32 0.6064 0.08 0.24 0.7487 -0.01 0.21 0.9652
First Grade Predictors of Achievement
Intelligence 3.10 0.70 < .0001 2.32 0.57 < .0001 2.99 0.64 < .0001 0.90 0.39 0.0197
In-class attentive behavior 2.35 0.70 0.001 1.02 0.59 0.0854 0.00 0.66 0.9973 0.21 0.37 0.5698
1st grade CE 0.46 0.79 0.5571 -0.57 0.64 0.3799 1.06 0.73 0.1477 0.56 0.41 0.1734
1st grade PM 0.19 0.95 0.8417 0.22 0.76 0.7765 -0.28 0.88 0.7472 -0.26 0.49 0.5952
1st grade VSM 0.00 0.80 0.9961 -0.02 0.64 0.9737 -0.36 0.73 0.6238 0.07 0.41 0.8566
1st grade number RT -0.45 0.73 0.5401 -0.33 0.59 0.5745
1st grade letter RT -1.04 0.58 0.0756 -0.04 0.33 0.9094
Intelligence × Grade 0.26 0.19 0.1789 0.31 0.20 0.1163 -0.13 0.14 0.3528 0.02 0.13 0.8754
In-class attentive behavior × Grade -0.02 0.19 0.9224 0.06 0.20 0.755 0.06 0.15 0.6751 0.05 0.13 0.7206
1st grade CE × Grade -0.28 0.22 0.1939 -0.22 0.22 0.3242 0.07 0.16 0.662 0.11 0.14 0.4509
1st grade PM × Grade 0.30 0.26 0.2469 0.30 0.26 0.2482 -0.18 0.20 0.3487 -0.18 0.17 0.2821
1st grade VSM × Grade 0.01 0.22 0.9816 0.01 0.22 0.9777 0.32 0.16 0.0485 0.29 0.14 0.0437
1st grade number RT × Grade 0.08 0.20 0.7022 0.07 0.20 0.7292
1st grade letter RT × Grade 0.25 0.13 0.0555 0.17 0.12 0.133
Fifith Grade Predictors of Achievement
5th grade CE 1.00 0.80 0.2114 -0.06 0.65 0.9303 0.03 0.74 0.9707 -1.13 0.42 0.008
5th grade PM -0.75 0.85 0.3799 -0.01 0.69 0.9863 1.18 0.79 0.1388 0.66 0.44 0.1378
5th grade VSM 1.76 0.72 0.0156 2.16 0.58 0.0002 0.40 0.69 0.5652 0.37 0.39 0.345
5th grade number RT -0.78 0.75 0.2995 -1.17 0.60 0.0525
5th grade letter RT -1.06 0.65 0.1021 0.27 0.37 0.4682
5th grade NO 4.23 0.57 < .0001
5th grade WR 6.23 0.41 < .0001
5th grade CE × Grade -0.03 0.22 0.8754 0.03 0.22 0.8905 -0.12 0.16 0.4794 -0.03 0.15 0.8317
5th grade PM × Grade -0.07 0.24 0.7637 -0.12 0.24 0.6234 -0.09 0.17 0.5958 -0.06 0.15 0.7211
5th grade VSM × Grade 0.46 0.20 0.0226 0.43 0.20 0.0312 -0.13 0.15 0.3892 -0.13 0.13 0.3361
5th grade number RT × Grade -0.37 0.21 0.0795 -0.34 0.21 0.102
5th grade letter RT × Grade 0.03 0.14 0.8312 -0.07 0.13 0.6029
5th grade NO × Grade -0.26 0.20 0.181
5th grade WR × Grade -0.46 0.14 0.0017
AIC 2816.5 2751.5 2462.0 2351.7

CE = Central Executive; VSM = Visuospatial Memory; PM = Phonological Memory; RT = reaction time; NO = Numerical Operations; WR = Word Reading; RT = reaction time.