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Predicting First Graders' Social Competence from Their Preschool Classroom Interpersonal Context
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Spivak, Asha Leah; Farran, Dale C. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study investigates contributions of the preschool classroom interpersonal environment to students' social competence in 1st grade. Participants were 862 ethnically/racially diverse children who attended public preschool classrooms serving low-income families. Systematic observations of 60 classrooms occurred across the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Interpersonal Competence
Profiles of Child Developmental Dimensions in Kindergarten and the Prediction of Achievement in the First and Second Grades of Primary School
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Mascareño, Mayra; Doolaard, Simone; Bosker, Roel J. – Early Education and Development, 2014
A successful transition from kindergarten to 1st grade requires a positive combination of multiple dimensions of child competence. Using latent class analysis, we simultaneously examined the academic skills, work attitude, and social/behavioral competence of a large sample of Dutch kindergarten children to identify profiles of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Child Development, Kindergarten, Profiles, Prediction