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Early Family Risk Factors and Home Learning Environment as Predictors of Children's Early Numeracy Skills through Preschool
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Kluczniok, Katharina – SAGE Open, 2017
The present study examines the impact of family risk factors (e.g., migration background, poverty) in early childhood on children's numeracy skills during preschool in Germany, and if these relations are mediated through the quality of the home learning environment. The data used for this research were collected using the longitudinal study…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Family Environment, Predictor Variables, Young Children
A Double Dose of Disadvantage: Language Experiences for Low-Income Children in Home and School
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Neuman, Susan B.; Kaefer, Tanya; Pinkham, Ashley M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
There is a virtual consensus regarding the types of language processes, interactions, and material supports that are central for young children to become proficient readers and writers (Shanahan et al., 2008). In this study, we examine these supports in both home and school contexts during children's critical transitional kindergarten year.…
Descriptors: Children, Low Income Groups, Poverty, Interaction
Low-Income Parents' Warmth and Parent-Child Activities for Children with Disabilities, Suspected Delays and Biological Risks
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Eshbaugh, Elaine M.; Peterson, Carla A.; Wall, Shavaun; Carta, Judith J.; Luze, Gayle; Swanson, Mark; Jeon, Hyun-Joo – Infant and Child Development, 2011
Warm and responsive parenting is optimal for child development, but this style of parenting may be difficult for some parents to achieve. This study examines how parents' observed warmth and their reported frequency of parent-child activities were related to children's classifications as having biological risks or a range of disability indicators.…
Descriptors: Poverty, Low Income Groups, Affective Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Predictors of Haitian-American Infant Development at Twelve Months.
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Widmayer, Susan M.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Families in urban and rural settings were studied in an investigation of environmental influences on the development of Haitian-American infants. Birthweight and scores on the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment predicted mental development. Psychomotor development was related to birthweight and household crowding. (PCB)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Crowding, Disadvantaged