Cardoso, Catarina LopesVeríssimo, Lurdes2013-07-022013-07-022010CARDOSO, Catarina Lopes ; VERÍSSIMO, Lurdes - Estudo da relação entre competência académica e competência social. Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Educacional. ISSN 1645-4006. N.º9 (2010), p.137-1481645-4006http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/11793The mail goal of the present study is to understand the relation between academic competence and social competence in students from elementary school. The participants were 75 3rd grade students, aged between 8 and 10 years old, from public and private schools in the northern Portugal. The sample included students with learning disabilities and students with high academic competence, identifi ed by their teachers. The results highlight a strong relation between academic competence and social competence: students with learning disabilities have a signifi cant lower level of social skills and higher level of behavior problems than students with high academic competence. The results also showed that students with learning disabilities are strongly rejected by their peers. This study emphasizes that children with learning disabilities have diffi culties, not only in academic skills, but also in the fi eld of social skills. This kind of fi ndings should be considered for understanding and intervention.porAcademic competenceSocial competenceLearning disabilitiesjournal article10.34632/investigacaoeducacional.2010.33232182-4614