My academic ability has definitely improved during this experiment.

我的学术能力在这次试验中绝对提高了。

So the better your executive function abilities are, the better that your academic abilities seem to be during the school years.

所以你的执行能力越好，在学校学习期间你的学业能力似乎也会越好。

Academic ability is not the sole criterion for admission to the college.

【criterion】学术能力不是大学招生的唯一标准。

And that's something you should ask your own tutor to provide. He knows about your academic ability and also about your qualities, like reliability.

而这就是需要叫你的导师来做的事情了。他了解你的学术能力以及你的品性，比如可靠性。

Children who attend intensive preschools do not have higher academic abilities in later grades than those who did not attend such preschools, several studies now show.

几项研究现在表明， 参加密集学前班的孩子在高年级的学习能力并不比没有参加此类学前班的孩子高。

Who gets chosen for college prep classes and who’s put in vocational classes often has to do with not just academic ability, but teacher’s perception of a student’s behavior.

谁被选入大学预科班， 谁被选入职业班，通常不仅与学术能力有关， 还与教师对学生行为的看法有关。

I bet no one could deny the fact that the responsibility of a university is to help as many students as it can to develop their academic abilities and be well prepared for their further careers.

我敢打赌没有人可以否认大学的职责是帮助尽可能多的学生发展自己的学术能力, 可以进一步为他们的事业做好充分准备。

Teachers who believe a student has high ability tend to give that student more attention and feedback – which in turn helps that student believe that they have high ability, which in turn helps that student develop greater academic ability.

相信学生有高能力的教师往往会给学生更多的关注和反馈——这反过来又帮助学生相信他们有高能力，这反过来又帮助学生发展更大的学术能力。