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Childhood Social Skills as Predictors of Middle School Academic Adjustment
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Hall, Gordon Emmett; DiPerna, James Clyde – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
The present study used multiple regression analyses to examine the relationships between fifth-grade social skills and eighth-grade academic achievement. Data were drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K). Results indicated no relationship between positive or negative social behavior in fifth grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Interpersonal Competence, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
The Relations among School Status Variables, Teacher Academic and Arts Curricular Emphases, and Student Academic Achievement in Grades 1, 3, and 5
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Neddeau, Browning – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The National Center of Education Statistics' Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K) data were used to explore the curricular emphasis in schools of varying socioeconomic status in both public and private schools. Data collected between 1998 and 2003 were used in the secondary analyses of curricular emphasis in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 5
Underlying Factors of Family Literacy Practices as Antecedents of Reading Achievement: A Longitudinal, Factorial, Multiple Regression Study Using ECLS-K Data
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Fisher, Stacey Jonell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The study had twofold purposes. The first one is to establish the underlying structure of family literacy practices at the different grade levels kindergarten, first, third, fifth, and eighth, for children who were followed in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K). The second purpose is to investigate the…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Reading Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Multiple Regression Analysis
Do Poor Readers Feel Angry, Sad, and Unpopular?
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Morgan, Paul L.; Farkas, George; Wu, Qiong – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
We investigated whether being poorly skilled in reading contributes to children's reported feelings of anger, distractibility, anxiety, sadness, loneliness, and social isolation. Data were analyzed from a longitudinal subsample of children (N = 3,308) participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort. Multilevel logistic…
Descriptors: Reading Failure, Reading Difficulties, Psychological Patterns, Attention Control
Family Background, Parental Involvement, and Parent Child Interactions as Predictors of Fifth-Graders Behavior Problems
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Brown, Tamala P. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many studies have been conducted to address childhood behavior problems, but much remains unknown regarding the causes and factors that affect internalizing and externalizing problems in children. The purpose of the current research study was to examine the relationships between children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and (a)…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Behavior Problems, Children, Family Structure
Classroom Instruction and the Mathematics Achievement of Non-English Learners and English Learners
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Valle, Melisa S.; Waxman, Hersh C.; Diaz, Zulmaris; Padron, Yolanda N. – Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The authors, in a nonexperimental randomized study, used national data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) to examine present instructional practices for Grade 5 mathematics classrooms and its impact on achievement for White non-Hispanic non-English language learners (ELLs), Hispanic non-ELLs, and Hispanic…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods