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Busch, J.; Cabrera, N.; Ialuna, F.; Buchmüller, T.; Leyendecker, B. – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: We assessed socio-emotional behavior, nonverbal reasoning, German receptive language, and motor skills of refugee children attending early childhood development [ECD] programs and of those who did not (N = 207, mean age = 69.4 months). Young refugee children overall demonstrated lower levels of development and more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Fehr, Karla K.; Russ, Sandra W. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Pretend play is an essential part of child development and adjustment. However, parents, teachers, and researchers debate the function of aggression in pretend play. Different models of aggression predict that the expression of aggression in play could either increase or decrease actual aggressive behavior. The current study…
Descriptors: Play, Aggression, Student Behavior, Imagination
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Guo, Ying; Tompkins, Virginia; Justice, Laura; Petscher, Yaacov – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the relationship between classroom age composition and preschoolers' vocabulary gains over an academic year and also to examine whether these relations were moderated by classroom quality. In this study (N = 130 children in 16 classrooms representing a subset of all children…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Age Differences, At Risk Students, Preschool Children